History of Science Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization : Vol :I : Part:2 : Life Thought

Contents: Preface. General introduction. Introduction. I. Early Post Vedic development-Itihasa, Purana, Sutras: 1. India from the 6 century BC to the 3 century AD/V.C. Srivastava. 2. The origin and growth of Purana literature-a review of some aspects/S.N. Roy. 3. Oral tradition and history: an alternative perspective/Badri Narayan Tiwari. 4. The Valmiki Ramayana: a study/B.P. Sinha. 5. Ramayana as Adikavya/Jagannath Pathak. 6. Social and moral philosophy in the Mahabharata/U. K. Tiwari. 7. The meaning of the Mahabharata/Vidya Niwas Mishra. 8. Religious movements in the Mahabharata/Susmita Pande. 9. The moral and ritual foundation of ancient Indian society (with reference to the Age of the Sutras and Early Smrtis)/S. P. Nagendra. 10. Ritual social and legal ideas in the Dharmasutras and Early Smrtis/Om Prakash. 11. Society as reflected in the Dharmasastra tradition (with special reference to Manu and Yajnavalkya)/B. N.S. Yadava. II. Development of scientific thought and the school of philosophy : 12. The development of the concept of Pramana/P.K. Mukhopadhyay. 13. Mimamsa: the science of interpretation/Kishore Nath Jha. 14. The Bhagavadgita: its philosophy and interpretation/Arvind Sharma. 15. Social ideas of the Bhagavadgita/Vivekanand Jha. 16. Physical concepts in the Samkhya and Vaisesika systems/Subhash Kak. 17. Patanjali as a Grammarian and Philosopher/Banamali Biswal. 18. Heterodox movements in India in the 6 and 5 centuries BC/S.N. Dube. 19. Life of the Buddha (from Pali sources)/Mahesh Tiwary. 20. The life of the Buddha from Sanskrit 1444 pp.…