Contents: Foreword. Preface. The Scheme of Transliteration. Abbreviations. Introduction. Part One: 1. A Brief sketch of the Vedas. 2. The date of the Vedas. 3. The nature of the contents of the Vedas. 4. The fourfold goals of life: the Purusarthas. 5. Antecedents: the origin of the Vedas. 6. A brief survey of the Post-vedic developments. Part Two: 7. The Vedas as the beginnings of the Indian Literary traditions. 8. The Vedas as the beginnings of the Indian intellectual traditions. 9. The Vedas as the beginnings of the Indian religious traditions. 10. The Vedas as the beginnings of the Indian Philosophical traditions. Concluding remarks. A Postscript: Modern Vedic Researches, a Few Trends. Bibliography. Index.
