The Religion of the Hindus
Contents: I. Pre-Vedic period: 1. Creation. 2. The birth of black men. 3. The birth of red men. 4. The birth of the Aryas. 5. The mixed races. 6. The early Aryans. 7. The early Aryan religion. 8. The early Aryan trinity. 9. The early Aryan God. 10. Varuna, Agni and some. 11. The early Aryan rites. 12. The early Aryan marriage. 13. The early Aryan funeral. 14. The fall of the Aryans. II. Vedic period: 1. The Vedas. 2. The geography of the Vedas. 3. The neighbours of the Aryas. 4. The religions of the non-Aryans. 5. The Vedic Aryans. 6. The Vedic religion. 7. The Vedic Gods. 8. The Vedic mythology. 9. The Vedic ritualism. 10. The Vedic religions deterioration and reformation. 11. Zoroasterism. 12. The end of Vedic period. III. Brahmanic period: 1. Brahmanism. 2. The defender of the Aryan faith. 3. Kuru-Panchalas. 4. Krsna--the greatest of the great. 5. The Brahmanas. 6. The Sama-Vedic Brahmanas. 7. The other Brahmanas. 8. The character of Brahmanas. 9. The Yajnas. 10. The sciences of the Brahmanas. Index.
Our religion is wonderful, wonderful in many ways. It is nor mere exaggeration to say that it is the parent of all the religions, all the literatures, all the sciences and philosophies of the world, either those of Egypt, Assyria, of Babylon-Persia, China, Greece, or Rome. It is the parent of Magism and Parsism, Confuciusism and Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity--it is the mother of all civilisation. Wonderful, therefore, is the history of the Aryas, the noble Aryas who appeared on earth as the highest development of man in the evolution of humanity.
Many great European scholars, with stupendous study and indefatigable researches, with Herculean labour and magnificent acumen, have written many wonderful works on our history and religion, but they have done it, as it is natural, according to their own light. But none has said what the Aryas themselves had to say about them, none has said what the Hindus might have to say about their forefathers religion and history according to their own point of view. (jacket)
Our religion is wonderful, wonderful in many ways. It is nor mere exaggeration to say that it is the parent of all the religions, all the literatures, all the sciences and philosophies of the world, either those of Egypt, Assyria, of Babylon-Persia, China, Greece, or Rome. It is the parent of Magism and Parsism, Confuciusism and Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity--it is the mother of all civilisation. Wonderful, therefore, is the history of the Aryas, the noble Aryas who appeared on earth as the highest development of man in the evolution of humanity.
Many great European scholars, with stupendous study and indefatigable researches, with Herculean labour and magnificent acumen, have written many wonderful works on our history and religion, but they have done it, as it is natural, according to their own light. But none has said what the Aryas themselves had to say about them, none has said what the Hindus might have to say about their forefathers religion and history according to their own point of view. (jacket)
