The Past Before Us Historical Traditions of Early North India
- Delhi Permanent Black 2014
- 758P
includes index and biblioraphy
PART I: THE SEARCH FOR A HISTORICAL TRADITION 1 Searching for Early Indian Historical Writing 3 2 Towards Historical Traditions 49 PART II: THE EMBEDDED TRADITION Fragmentary Narratives from the Vedas 87 The Mahabharata 144 The Ramayana 208 PART III: INTERLUDE: THE EMERGING HISTORICAL TRADITION