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: 2d ed., rewritten and greatly enlarged.
Publisher: Tru bner & co.
Published: 1871
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Sanskrit literature; History; Civilization; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age, Ed. 3, 1890.-  Vol. 2. The trans-Himalayan origin of the Hindus and their affinity with the western branches of the Arian race, 1860.-  Vol. 3. The Vedas: opinions of their authors and of later Indian writers, in regard to their origin, inspiration and authority, 1861.-  Vol. 4. Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities, 1863.-  Vol. 5. Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic age, 1872.