Indian Myth And Legend
The triangular sub-continent of India is cut off from the rest of Asia by the vast barriers of the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, the Suleiman mountains, and the Indian Ocean. Its population comprises about two hundred and ninety-five millions, and is of greatest density on the fertile northern plain, which is watered by three river systems, the Indus and its tributaries on the west, and the Ganges and Brahmaputra with their tributaries which pour into the Bay of Bengal. South of the Vindhya mountai
...n ranges is the plateau of the Deccan. The climate varies from temperate on the Himalayan slopes to tropical in southern India, and over the entire country there are two pronounced annual seasons, the dry and the rainy.Our interest abides in this volume chiefly with the northern plain and the people who are familiar in varying degrees with the sacred and heroic literature passed under review; that is, with the scenes of the early Indian civilization known as Aryan and those numerous inheritorsTable of Contents Introduction ------- xvn; I Indra, King of the Gods ----- i; II The Great Vedic Deities ----- 19; III Yama, the First Man, and King of the Dead - 38; IV Demons and Giants and Fairies - - - - 61; V Social and Relicious Developments of the Vedic; Age --------76; VI Mysteries of Creation, the World's Aces, and; Soul Wandering ------ 0,7; VII New Faiths: Vishnu Relicion, Buddhism, and; Jainism - - - - - - - -119; VIII Divinities of the Epic Period - 138''; IX Prelude to the Great Bharata War- - 157; X Roval Rivals: the Pandavas and Kauravas - - 173; XI The Tournament 185; XII First Exile of the Pandavas - - - 195; XIII The Choice of Draupadi - - - - - 213; XIV Triumph of the Pandavas ----- zz
MoreLessRead book Indian Myth And Legend for free
Write Review:
User Reviews: