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THE DEVELOPMENT OF HINDUISM
PROF. M.M.NINAN
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1
THE VEDIC RELIGION
CHAPTER 2
THE PROBLEM OF THE DATE OF RIG VEDA
CHAPTER 3
TIME LINE
CHAPTER 4
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SANSKRIT
CHAPTER 5
POST CHRISTIAN HINDU GODS
CHAPTER 6
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONOTHEISM AND THE DOCTRINES OF KARMA AND REINCARNATION
CHAPTER 7
PURANAS, TEMPLES AND THEIR DATES
CHAPTER 8
THE AGE OF REASON: THE DECLINE OF VEDISM AND THE THE RISE OF RATIONALISM
CHAPTER 9
THE COMING OF THOMAS
CHAPTER 10
THE COMING OF THE GNOSTIC ARYANS - MANICHEAN
CHAPTER 11
TRIMURTHY
CHAPTER 12
VAISHNAVISM
CHAPTER 13
THE CONCEPT OF AGES
CHAPTER 14
THE CONCEPT OF AVATARS
CHAPTER 15
GITA AS IT WAS
CHAPTER 16
KALKI AVATAR
CHAPTER 17
SAIVISM
CHAPTER 18
SAKTISM
CHAPTER 19
KALABHRA INTER-REGNUM
APPENDIX 1
ISAVASYA UPANISHAD
APPENDIX II
SRI PURUSHA SUKTHAM
