Myth and reality : studies in the formation of Indian culture/ by Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi
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I. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE BHAGAVAD-GITA--
1. For What Class?--
2. A Remarkable Interpolation --
3. Not Sufficient Unto the Purpose --
4. Why Krsna? --
5. When Does a Synthesis Work?--
6. The Social Functions of Bhakti00
7. The Gita Today--
II.URVASI AND PURURAVAS--
1. Introduction --
2. Kalidasa’s Treatment--
3. Modern Interpretations--
4. Versions of the Story --
5. Rgveda x. 95--
6. Commentary to RV x. 95 --
7. Urvasi’s Associates--
8. The Dawn-Goddess in the Rgveda--
9. Aryan or Pre-Aryan?--
10. Goddess of Birth and Death --
III.AT THE CROSSROADS: A STUDY OF MOTHER-GODDESS CULT SITES--
1. The Problem --
2. The Mothers--
3. Information from Fieldwork --
4. Primitive Tracks--
5. The Trade Routes--
6. The Jatakas --
7. Carudatta’s Sacrifice--
IV.PILGRIM’S PROGRESS: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PREHISTORY OF THE WESTERN DECCAN PLATEAU--
1. The End of the Prehistory in the Deccan--
2. Cult Migrations, The Goddesses and Megaliths--
3. Cult Migrations: The Gods --
4. Microlith Tracks --
5. Highlanders and Lowlanders --
6. Later Developments --
7. Towards Agriculture--
V.THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY IN THE "OLD CONQUESTS" OF GOA --
1. Land and People--
2. The Economic Situation- -
3. Heterogeneity of the Population--
4. The Feudal Period --
5. Increase in Taxation--
6. Structure of the Community--
7. The Historical Background--
8. Beyond the Commune.
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