| CHAP. | | Page |
| | INTRODUCTION | xvii |
| I. | INDRA, KING OF THE GODS | 1 |
| II. | THE GREAT VEDIC DEITIES | 19 |
| III. | YAMA, THE FIRST MAN, AND KING OF THE DEAD | 38 |
| IV. | DEMONS AND GIANTS AND FAIRIES | 61 |
| V. | SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS OF THE VEDIC AGE | 76 |
| VI. | MYSTERIES OF CREATION, THE WORLD'S AGES, AND SOUL WANDERING | 97 |
| VII. | NEW FAITHS: VISHNU RELIGION, BUDDHISM, AND JAINISM | 119 |
| VIII. | DIVINITIES OF THE EPIC PERIOD | 138 |
| IX. | PRELUDE TO THE GREAT BHARATA WAR | 157 |
| X. | ROYAL RIVALS: THE PANDAVAS AND KAURAVAS | 173 |
| XI. | THE TOURNAMENT | 185 |
| XII. | FIRST EXILE OF THE PANDAVAS | 195 |
| XIII. | THE CHOICE OF DRAUPADI | 213 |
| XIV. | TRIUMPH OF THE PANDAVAS | 224 |
| XV. | THE GREAT GAMBLING MATCH | 237 |
| XVI. | SECOND EXILE OF THE PANDAVAS | 249 |
| XVII. | DEFIANCE OF DURYODHANA | 270 |
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| XVIII. | THE BATTLE OF EIGHTEEN DAYS | 235 |
| XIX. | ATONEMENT AND THE ASCENT TO HEAVEN | 310 |
| XX. | NALA AND DAMAYANTI | 323 |
| XXI. | WANDERINGS IN THE FOREST | 340 |
| XXII. | NALA IN EXILE | 353 |
| XXIII. | THE HOMECOMING OF THE KING | 364 |
| XXIV. | STORY OF RAMA: HOW SITA WAS WON | 374 |
| XXV. | THE RAPE OF SITA | 394 |
| XXVI. | RAMA'S MISSION FULFILLED | 403 |
| | INDEX | 429 |