Contents
Preface v
Abbreviations ix
Introductory 1
The Itihasa-Purana Tradition and its Impact on Historiography 7
The Vedic Tradition 15
The Epic and Puranic Tradition 21
The Epic Tradition 21
The Puranic Tradition 27
Buddhist and Jain Traditions 53
Buddhist Historigraphy 53
Jain Historiography 71
Historical Writing of Kalidasa and Visakhadatta 85
Historical writing of Kalidasa 85
Historical writing of Visakhadatta 86
The Writing of Historical Biographies 89
Introductory Remarks 89
Historical Biographies 90
A Critical Evaluation of Biographical Writings 109
The Writing of Chronicles and Vamsavalis 113
Historical Writings in South India 131
Traditional Chronology 145
Historical and Chronological Sense : General Review 161
Observations and Conclusions 175
General Bibliography 179
Index 193