Studies in the Epics and Puranas c4.3

c4.3

By their investing the shrines and sacred places with religious significance, the Purāṇas have enabled our people to maintain unimpaired the sense of the unity of India; of the continuity of her cultural life; of the inevitability of its destiny. A detailed and thorough study of the Purāṇas requires to be made. Dr. Pusalker has made a special study of them. His section on Traditional History in the Vedic Age volume of the History and Culture of the Indian People is a notable contribution in reconstructing the past in the light of the historical materials found in the Purāṇas.