Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India
Subtitle: their religion and institutions
By: collected, translated, and illustrated, by J. Muir
Edition: 2cd ed. rewritten and greatly enlarged.
Publisher: Trübner & Co.
Published: 1873
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Edition and imprint vary. Vol. 1: 2nd ed., 1890. Vols. 2 and 3: Williams Norgate, 1860-1861. Vols. 4 and 5: Trub̈ner, 1863 and 1872.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age. 1872; title: v. 2. Inquiry whether the Hindus are of trans-Himalayan origin, and akin to the western branches of the Indo-European race. 3d ed. 1874; title: v. 3. The Vedas: opinions of their authors and of later Indian writers on their origin, inspiration, and authority. 2d ed., rev. and enl. (2d impression) 1873; title: v. 4. Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities. 2d ed., rev. 1873; title: v. 5. Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic age. 1872.