{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/iml/iml02.htm","path":"hin/iml/iml02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/iml/iml02.htm","text":"| CHAP. | | Page | \n| | INTRODUCTION | xvii | \n| I. | INDRA, KING OF THE GODS | 1 | \n| II. | THE GREAT VEDIC DEITIES | 19 | \n| III. | YAMA, THE FIRST MAN, AND KING OF THE DEAD | 38 | \n| IV. | DEMONS AND GIANTS AND FAIRIES | 61 | \n| V. | SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS OF THE VEDIC AGE | 76 | \n| VI. | MYSTERIES OF CREATION, THE WORLD'S AGES, AND SOUL WANDERING | 97 | \n| VII. | NEW FAITHS: VISHNU RELIGION, BUDDHISM, AND JAINISM | 119 | \n| VIII. | DIVINITIES OF THE EPIC PERIOD | 138 | \n| IX. | PRELUDE TO THE GREAT BHARATA WAR | 157 | \n| X. | ROYAL RIVALS: THE PANDAVAS AND KAURAVAS | 173 | \n| XI. | THE TOURNAMENT | 185 | \n| XII. | FIRST EXILE OF THE PANDAVAS | 195 | \n| XIII. | THE CHOICE OF DRAUPADI | 213 | \n| XIV. | TRIUMPH OF THE PANDAVAS | 224 | \n| XV. | THE GREAT GAMBLING MATCH | 237 | \n| XVI. | SECOND EXILE OF THE PANDAVAS | 249 | \n| XVII. | DEFIANCE OF DURYODHANA | 270 | \n| | p. x | | \n| CHAP. | | Page | \n| XVIII. | THE BATTLE OF EIGHTEEN DAYS | 235 | \n| XIX. | ATONEMENT AND THE ASCENT TO HEAVEN | 310 | \n| XX. | NALA AND DAMAYANTI | 323 | \n| XXI. | WANDERINGS IN THE FOREST | 340 | \n| XXII. | NALA IN EXILE | 353 | \n| XXIII. | THE HOMECOMING OF THE KING | 364 | \n| XXIV. | STORY OF RAMA: HOW SITA WAS WON | 374 | \n| XXV. | THE RAPE OF SITA | 394 | \n| XXVI. | RAMA'S MISSION FULFILLED | 403 | \n| | INDEX | 429 |","title":"Indian Myth and Legend: Contents","type":"page"}