[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion # History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion (History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion) Gosāla and the Ājīvika order, references in Buddhist, Jaina and Tamil texts and inscriptions, doctrine of niyati, later South Indian Ājīvikas. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [A. L. Basham](https://indike.org/pramana/person/basham-al) - **Extent:** 2,480 passages, 112,507 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · London: Luzac 1951; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8 Flash · In copyright (A. L. Basham †1986); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c1) — 33 parts - [c2 Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c2) — 1 part - [c3 Maps](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c3) — 1 part - [c4 Foreword by Dr. L. D. Barnett](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c4) — 4 parts - [c5 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c5) — 24 parts - [c6 Bibliography of Works Mentioned in the Text](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c6) — 2 parts - [c7 Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c7) — 2 parts - [c8 Part One: History of the Ājīvikas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c8) - [c9 Chapter I. Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c9) — 1 part - [c10 Chapter II. The Six Heretics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c10) — 2 parts - [c11 Chapter III. Makkhali Gosāla and His Predecessors](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c11) — 9 parts - [c12 Chapter IV](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c12) — 33 parts - [c13 Chapter V. Pūraṇa and Pakudha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c13) — 3 parts - [c14 Chapter VI. The Early Ājīvika Community (I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c14) — 6 parts - [c15 Chapter VII. The Early Ājīvika Community (II)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c15) — 6 parts - [c16 Chapter VIII. Ājīvikas in the Nanda and Maurya Periods](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c16) — 3 parts - [c17 Chapter IX. Ājīvikas in Later Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c17) — 6 parts - [c18 Chapter X. The Southern Ājīvikas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c18) — 3 parts - [c19 Appendix to Part I: The Iconoclast Ascetics of Kashmīr](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c19) — 51 parts - [c20 Part Two: Doctrines of the Ājīvikas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c20) - [c21 Chapter XI. Ājīvika Scriptures](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c21) — 3 parts - [c22 Chapter XII. Niyati](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c22) — 26 parts - [c23 Chapter XIII. Ājīvika Cosmology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c23) — 5 parts - [c24 Chapter XIV. Other Doctrines of the Ājīvikas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c24) — 6 parts - [c25 Chapter XV. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c25) — 4 parts - [c26 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951.c26) — 63 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.basham-1951) · Pramāṇa