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CONTENTS.
CHAP. | PAGE | |
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PREFACE | v | |
I. | INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
II. | THE VEDIC PERIOD | 29 |
III. | THE RIGVEDA | 40 |
IV. | POETRY OF THE RIGVEDA | 59 |
V. | PHILOSOPHY OF THE RIGVEDA | 116 |
VI. | THE RIGVEDIC AGE | 139 |
VII. | THE LATER VEDAS | 171 |
VIII. | THE BRĀHMAṆAS | 202 |
IX. | THE SŪTRAS | 244 |
X. | THE EPICS | 277 |
XI. | KĀVYA OR COURT EPIC | 318 |
XII. | LYRIC POETRY | 335 |
XIII. | THE DRAMA | 346 |
XIV. | FAIRY TALES AND FABLES | 368 |
XV. | PHILOSOPHY | 385 |
XVI. | SANSKRIT LITERATURE AND THE WEST | 408 |
APPENDIX ON TECHNICAL LITERATURE—LAW—HISTORY—GRAMMAR—POETICS—MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY—MEDICINE—ARTS | 428 | |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES | 438 | |
INDEX | 455 |