Ebook: Ancient Indian Historical Tradition

Oxford University Press 1922. — 386 p.General survey of ancient Indian historical tradition.
Tradition, its preservers, and the origin of the Puranas.
Contents of the earliest Puranas.
Ag-e of the original Purana.
Brahmanical and ksatriya tradition.
The Puranas and their genealogical texts.
Greneral survey of the genealogies.
The Solar race.
The Aila or Lunar race.
General credibility of the genealogies.
Consideration of names.
Synchronisms and Table of royal genealogies.
Major synchronisms established.
Minor synchronisms established.
The four ages and date of the Bharata battle.
Brahman families and chronological Table of rishis.
TheBhargavas.
TheVasisthas.
The Angirasas and Kanvas.
The Atreyas and Kasyapas.
The Visvamitras.
Agastyas, Paulastyas, Paulahas, and Kratus.
Ksatriyan brahmans.
Ancient history from tradition.
Inferences suggested by traditional history, with map.
The ancient brahmans and the Vedas.
The Vedic schools and teachers, and the Brahmanas.