[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › Ancient Indian Historical Tradition # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition Critical use of Purāṇic and epic genealogies: royal dynasties, synchronisms, Brahmin and Kṣatriya traditions, chronology of the Bharata war; genealogical tables. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [F. E. Pargiter](https://indike.org/pramana/person/pargiter-fe) - **Extent:** 2,906 passages, 125,816 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., London 1922; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (F. E. Pargiter †1927); published before 1931: public… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c1) — 3 parts - [c2 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c2) — 9 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c3) — 7 parts - [c4 Table of Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c4) — 2 parts - [c5 List of Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c5) — 2 parts - [c6 Chapter I. General Survey of Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c6) — 76 parts - [c7 Chapter II. Tradition, Its Preservers and the Origin of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7) — 191 parts - [c8 Chapter III. Contents of the Earliest Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c8) — 172 parts - [c9 Chapter IV. The Age of the Original Purana](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c9) — 67 parts - [c10 Chapter V. Brahmanical and Kṣatriya Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c10) — 159 parts - [c11 Chapter VI. The Puranas and Their Genealogical Texts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c11) — 52 parts - [c12 Chapter VII. General Survey of the Genealogies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c12) — 46 parts - [c13 Chapter VIII. The Solar Race](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c13) — 3 parts - [c14 Chapter IX. The Aila or Lunar Race](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c14) — 8 parts - [c15 Chapter X. General Credibility of the Genealogies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c15) — 23 parts - [c16 Chapter XI. Consideration of Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c16) — 91 parts - [c17 Chapter XII. Synchronisms and Table of Royal Genealogies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c17) — 48 parts - [c18 Chapter XIII. Major Synchronisms Established](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c18) — 149 parts - [c19 Chapter XIV. Minor Synchronisms Established](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c19) — 71 parts - [c20 Chapter XV. The Four Ages, Chronology and Date of the Bhārata Battle](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c20) — 36 parts - [c21 Chapter XVI. Brahman Families and Chronological Table of Rishis](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c21) — 51 parts - [c22 Chapter XVII. The Bhārgavas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c22) — 127 parts - [c23 Chapter XVIII. The Vasiṣṭhas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c23) — 133 parts - [c24 Chapter XIX. The Āṅgirasas and Kāṇvas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c24) — 78 parts - [c25 Chapter XX. The Ātreyas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c25) — 35 parts - [c26 Chapter XXI. The Viśvāmitras](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c26) — 33 parts - [c27 Chapter XXII. Agastyas, Paulastyas, Paulahas, and Kratus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c27) — 2 parts - [c28 Chapter XXIII. Kṣatriyan Brahmans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c28) — 18 parts - [c29 Chapter XXIV. Ancient History from Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c29) — 323 parts - [c30 Chapter XXV. Inferences Suggested by Traditional History](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c30) — 119 parts - [c31 Chapter XXVI. The Ancient Brahmans and the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c31) — 138 parts - [c32 Chapter XXVII. The Vedic Schools and Teachers and the Brāhmaṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c32) — 98 parts - [c33 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c33) — 76 parts - [c34 Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c34) — 3 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) · Pramāṇa