PREFACE
CONTENTS
PLATES IN COLOUR
PLATES IN MONOCHROME
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I Indra, King of the Gods
CHAPTER II The Great Vedic Deities
CHAPTER III Yama, the First Man, and King of the Dead
CHAPTER IV Demons and Giants and Fairies
CHAPTER V Social and Religious Developments of the Vedic Age
CHAPTER VI Mysteries of Creation, the World's Ages, and Soul Wandering
CHAPTER VII New Faiths: Vishnu Religion, Buddhism, and Jainism
CHAPTER VIII Divinities of the Epic Period
CHAPTER IX Prelude to the Great Bharata War
CHAPTER X Royal Rivals: the Pandavas and Kauravas [214]
CHAPTER XI The Tournament
CHAPTER XII First Exile of the Pandavas
CHAPTER XIII The Choice of Draupadi
CHAPTER XIV Triumph of the Pandavas
CHAPTER XV The Great Gambling Match
CHAPTER XVI Second Exile of the Pandavas
CHAPTER XVII Defiance of Duryodhana
CHAPTER XVIII The Battle of Eighteen Days
CHAPTER XIX Atonement and the Ascent to Heaven
CHAPTER XX Nala and DamayantI
CHAPTER XXI Wanderings in the Forest
CHAPTER XXII Nala in Exile
CHAPTER XXIII The Homecoming of the King
CHAPTER XXIV Story of Rama: How Sita was Won
CHAPTER XXV The Abduction of Sita
CHAPTER XXVI Rama's Mission Fulfilled
INDEX
CLASSIC MYTH AND LEGEND By A. R. Hope Moncrieff
CELTIC MYTH AND LEGEND POETRY AND ROMANCE By Charles Squire
TEUTONIC MYTH AND LEGEND By Donald A. Mackenzie
ROMANCE AND LEGEND OF CHIVALRY By A. R. Hope Moncrieff
EGYPTIAN MYTH AND LEGEND By Donald A. Mackenzie
INDIAN MYTH AND LEGEND By Donald A. Mackenzie
MYTHS OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA By Donald A. Mackenzie
MYTHS OF CRETE AND PRE-HELLENIC EUROPE By Donald A. Mackenzie
SITA FINDS RAMA AMONG LOTUS BLOOMS
From the painting by Warwick Goble
