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CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
