THE DEVELOPMENT OF HINDUISM

PROF. M.M.NINAN

CONTENTS

PREFACECHAPTER 1 THE VEDIC RELIGIONCHAPTER 2 THE PROBLEM OF THE DATE OF RIG VEDACHAPTER 3 TIME LINECHAPTER 4 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SANSKRITCHAPTER 5 POST CHRISTIAN HINDU GODSCHAPTER 6 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONOTHEISM AND THE DOCTRINESOF KARMA AND REINCARNATIONCHAPTER 7 PURANAS, TEMPLES AND THEIR DATESCHAPTER 8 THE AGE OF REASON: THE DECLINE OF VEDISM AND THETHE RISE OF RATIONALISMCHAPTER 9THE COMING OF THOMASCHAPTER 10THE COMING OF THE GNOSTIC ARYANS – MANICHEANCHAPTER 11TRIMURTHYCHAPTER 12VAISHNAVISMCHAPTER 13THE CONCEPT OF AGESCHAPTER 14THE CONCEPT OF AVATARSCHAPTER 15GITA AS IT WASCHAPTER 16KALKI AVATAR CHAPTER 17SAIVISMCHAPTER 18SAKTISMCHAPTER 19 KALABHRA INTER-REGNUMAPPENDIX 1 ISAVASYA UPANISHAD