[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › The History of Indian Literature # The History of Indian Literature Academic lectures (Akademische Vorlesungen, 1852): Vedic Saṃhitās, Brāhmaṇas, Sūtras and Vedāṅgas, then classical poetry, science, art and Buddhist literature, with exhaustive notes. - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1825–1901 CE - **Author:** [Albrecht Weber](https://indike.org/pramana/person/weber) - **Extent:** 1,766 passages, 152,897 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · English tr. John Mann & Theodor Zachariae from the 2nd German ed., 2nd ed., London: Trübner, 1882; scan on… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Albrecht Weber †1901); published before 1931: public… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c1) — 390 parts - [c2 The History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c2) — 5 parts - [c3 Translators' Note](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c3) — 6 parts - [c4 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c4) — 8 parts - [c5 Preface to the First Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c5) — 5 parts - [c6 Table of Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c6) — 65 parts - [c7 Lectures](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c7) — 17 parts - [c8 First Period. Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8) — 529 parts - [c9 Second Period. Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c9) — 444 parts - [c10 Supplementary Notes](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c10) — 83 parts - [c11 Sanskrit Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c11) — 33 parts - [c12 Index of Matters, etc.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c12) — 92 parts - [c13 Index of Authors](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c13) — 9 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878) · Pramāṇa