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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, completeness, interesting detail, and all the dualities that go to make a book with any claim to popularity. Nothing remained but to divide the subject matter into the two ...
It is a unique book written by a dedicated scholar who has obviously taken infinite pains to investigate and interpret the Rig Veda which is without the shadow of a doubt the oldest book of the Aryan family of nations, in contents, if not in actual tangible shape. He has given some original interpretation to the hidden significance of Rig Vedic Hymns as revealed to the seers and sages whose names are associated with them. He builds his hypothesis on the labours ...
This classical work is the most ambitious one-volume survey of the Vedic period ever attempted. This period of Indian history has been one of the most challenging to describe and this book enables a deeper understanding of the essential features of the Vedic India. This is an essential reading for the students of Indian history.