PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 5
PREFACE 7
CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION 21
PART Ⅰ THE VEDIC PERIOD 61
CHAPTER Ⅱ THE HYMNS OF THE RG-VEDA 63
CHAPTER Ⅲ TRANSITION TO THE UPANISADS 117
CHAPTER Ⅳ THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE UPANISADS 137
PART Ⅱ THE EPIC PERIOD 269
CHAPTER Ⅴ MATERIALISM 271
CHAPTER Ⅵ THE PLURALISTIC REALISM OF THE JAINAS 286
CHAPTER Ⅶ THE ETHICAL IDEALISM OF EARLY BUDDHISM 341
CHAPTER Ⅷ EPIC PHILOSOPHY 477
CHAPTER Ⅸ THE THEISM OF THE BHAGAVADGITA 519
CHAPTER Ⅹ BUDDHISM AS A RELIGION 581
CHAPTER Ⅺ THE SCHOOLS OF BUDDHISM 611
APPENDIX 671
NOTES 705
INDEX 725