THE present volume, as originally planned, was to
have included the post-vedic or Brahmanic period,
and to have borne the title of Story of Vedic and
Brahmanic India. The overwhelming mass of
material, however, made it impossible to keep to the
original plan, except at the cost of lucidity, com-
pleteness, interesting detail, and all the qualities that
go to make a book with any claim to popularity.
Nothing remained but to divide the subject-matter
into the two halves into which it naturally separates,
and leave the Story of Brahmanic India to the im-
mediately following volume, which will embrace the
results attained by the study of the Atharva-Veda,
the Brahmanas, the Upanishads, the Laws, and a
synopsis at least of the great epics.

Z. A. R.

CLASSIFIED CONTENTS.

I.

THE WONDERLAND OF THE EAST

PAGE

I-47

SS1-2. General description of India.-§§ 3-4. The Himâ-
laya.—§ 5. Monsoons and rainfall.—§§ 6-7. Famines.—
§ 8. The Vindhya.-§ 9. The Ghâts.—§§ 10-11. Forests
and their destruction.-§ 12. The Deodar-§ 13. The Ficus
Indica, or Banyan.-§ 14. The Ficus Religiosa, or Pippala.
-§15. Other vegetable products.—§ 16. Exuberant vege-
tation and its causes.-§ 17. Some domestic animals.-§ 18.
Tigers and snakes.-§ 19. Insect world.-§ 20. Mineral
wealth.- 21. Isle of Ceylon.

THE ÂRVAS

II.

48-76

§§ 1-2. Parallelism between the Âryas of India and Erân. —
§3. Method of work.-§§ 4-7. The Aryas before the sepa-
ration.-SS 8-11. Words the only monuments. Beginnings
of Sanskrit scholarship.—§ 12. The Root in philology.—
§ 13. Words as factors in prehistoric reconstruction.-§§ 14-
15. The Cow.-§ 16. Mistaken notions concerning remote
antiquity.-SS 17-23. Sanskrit word-studies.-§ 24. Uncer-
tainty as to the Aryas' primeval home.

III.

THE SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

77-102

1. The English East India Company.-§ 2. The Portu-
guese East India Company.-§ 3. The French East India

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Company. § 4. Warren Hastings's humane views.-§ 5.
Hampered by ignorance of the people and country.—§ 6.
Sir William Jones.-§ 7. His accidental discovery of the
Hindu Drama.-8. Its character. -§ 9. Its golden age.
Kalidâsa. - § 10. "The Ring of Shakuntalâ."— § 11.
"Vikrama and Urvasî."-§ 12. First results of Sanskrit
scholarship.-§ 13. Character of Hindu Poetry.-§§ 14-15.
Brief survey of Sanskrit Literature.-§§ 16-17. Difficulties
encountered by the first Sanskrit scholars.-§§ 18-19. H. T.
Colebrooke and Ch. Wilkins.-§ 20. Great development of
Sanskrit scholarship.

PAGE

1. India specially identified with the history of Aryan
thought and speech.-§ 2. Indo-Eranian period.—§ 3. The
separation.-4-5. The Penjâb, or Saptah-Sindhavah, and
its rivers.-6. Early Aryan life in the Penjâb.—§ 7. Race
conflict between Aryas and natives.-§ 8. The Rig-Veda-
Samhitâ.-9. Earliest religious life of the Âryas in India.
The Rishis.- 10. The Yajur-Veda and the Sâma-Veda.—
SII. The Atharva-Veda.—§ 12. The text of the Rig-Veda.
Memorizing. § 13. Necessity of commentaries. -§§ 14-15.
The Brahmanas.-§ 16. Shruti, Revelation."-$ 17.
Smriti, "Tradition,' The Vedângas.-§ 18. The Sûtras.
- 19. Shrauta-Sutras and Smarta-Sûtras. Great im-
portance attached to the study of language and metre.—
$ 20. The periods of Vedic Literature.

V.

66

§§ 1-2. General character of the Rig-Veda.—§§ 3-4. Chiefly
Naturalism. The birth of Myths.-§ 5. Dyâus and Prithivî,
"Heaven and Earth."-§ 6. The root DIV; Dyâus; Deva;
Asura.-7. How names become gods.-§ 8. Varuna, the
Sky.-9. Váruna, the King.-§ 10. Váruna, the ruler of
the Atmosphere (antariksha).-11. Hymns to Váruna.-

§ 12. Váruna, the keeper of Rita (the Cosmic Order and the
Moral Law. 13. Váruna, the punisher and forgiver of sins.
- 14. Mitra and Váruna. Later aspects of Váruna.-
§§ 15-17. Aditi and the Âdityas.—§ 18. Agni Fire.—§ 19.
Agni, the friend of men, the messenger, the hotar (priest).

20. The Birth of Agni.-§ 21. The three abodes of Agni ;
Âpam-Napât, (the Son of the Waters).- 22. Agni's
descent with the rain.-§ 23. The finding and bringing of
Agni.-§ 24. Agni's kinship with the race of men.-$25.
The funereal Agni.-§ 26. Soma, the Eranian Haoma.—
§ 27. Soma the plant.- 28. The pressing of the Soma
plant and preparation of the sacrificial Soma-drink.—§ 29.
The celestial Soma-the Amrita (drink of immortality).-
SS 30-32. Soma the Moon. Mysticism of the Soma-worship.
-§ 33. Vivasvat and his son Yama.—§ 34. Yama, King of
the Dead. The Saramêya Dogs.-§ 35. Later aspect of
Yama.- 36. Yama originally the Moon. His brother
Manu, the progenitor of the human race.—§ 37. Vâyu or
Vâta, the Wind.-§ 38. Closing remarks.

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V.

The Churning of the Amrita.

PAGE

. 187-190

VI.

THE RIG-VEDA: THE STORM-MYTH.-THE SUN-

AND-DAWN MYTH.

. 191-236

§ 1. The Atmospheric Drama.—§ 2. The sacredness of the
Cow.-$ 3. The Cloud-Kine. The Drought-Fiends.-
§4. Atmospheric battles.-§ 5. Anthropomorphism.-§ 6.
Indra, the champion fighter and Soma-drinker.-§ 7. The
leader and war-god of the Âryas.—§§ 8-10. The dispenser
of wealth.-§§ 11-12. Rivalry between Indra and Váruna.
-13. Indra's stormy infancy.-§ 14. Harmony restored.
—§§ 15–19. Parjanya, the Storm-god.—§ 20. Rudra.—§ 21.
The Maruts.-§ 22. Indra and the Maruts quarrel.-SS
23-25. The Sun-and-Dawn Drama.-§§ 26-27. Sûrya, the