Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India
By: collected, translated, and illustrated, by J. Muir
Edition: 2nd ed., rewritten and greatly enl.
Publisher: Trübner & Co.
Published: 1868
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Indo-Aryans; Brahmanism; Caste; Sanskrit literature; Hinduism; Vedas
Notes: v. 2, 3d ed., 1874.--v. 3, 2d ed., rev. and enl.,1868.-- v. 4, 2d ed., rev., 1873.-- v. 5, 1872.

Includes bibliographical references.

Microfilm. v.1-5. New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Libraries, 1999. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Filmed for NYS South Asia Coordinated Microfilming Project.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an inquiry into its existence in the Vedic age.; title: v. 2. Inquiry whether the Hindus are of trans-Himalayan origin, and akin to the western branches of the Indo-European race.; title: v. 3. The Vedas: opinions of their authors and of later Indian writers on their origin, inspiration, and authority.; title: v. 4. Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities.; title: v. 5. Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic age.