| I. | | [The Vēdic Age][:] |
| | Popular Religion, p. [9]—Ṛig-vēda and priestly religion, p.[11]—Dyaus-Zeus, p. [14]—Ushās, p. [18]—Sūrya, p. [19]—Savitā, p.[19]—Mitra and Varuṇa, p. [19]—Agni, p. [22]—Sōma, p. [23]—Indra, p.[25]—The Aśvins, p. [35]—Vishṇu, p. [37]—Rudra-Siva, p. [42]—Summary, p.[42]. |
| II. | | [The Age of the Brāhmaṇas][:] |
| | Growth of Brahman influence in expanding Aryan society, p. [45]—Systemof priestly doctrine: theory of Sacrifice and mechanical control ofnature thereby, p. [48]—Its antinomianism: partly corrected by thegrowing cult of Rudra-Śiva, p. [53]—The Upanishads: their relation tothe Brāhmaṇas, p. [59]—Brahma the Absolute, p. [60]—Karma-Saṃsāra, p.[63]—Results: Śaiva Theism, p. [65]—Kṛishṇa: early history and legends,p. [66]—Teachings, p. [68]. |
| III. | | [The Epics, and Later][:] |
| | I. The Great War and the Pāṇḍavas, p. [70]—Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa, p.[74]—Nārāyaṇa, p. [76]—Bhagavad-gītā and Nārāyaṇīya, p. [77]—Growth ofchurch of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa, p. [79]—Worship of Pāṇḍavas, p. [92]—Newerotic and romantic Kṛishṇaism, p. [94]. |
| | II. Rāma: legend of Rāma and constitution of Rāmāyaṇa, p. [98]. |
| | III. Some later Preachers, p. [103]—Religions of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa andŚiva in Southern India, p. [103]—Śaṃkara Āchārya, p. [105]—Rāmānuja, p.[107]—Nimbārka, Madhva, Vallabha, p. [108]—Jñānadēva, p. [109]—Nāma-dēva,p. [109]—Tukārām, p. [109]—Rāmānanda, p. [110]—Tulsī Dās, p. [110]—Kabīr,p. [110]—Nānak, p. [110]—Chaitanya, p. [110]. |
| | IV. Brahmā and the Trimūrti, p. [111]—Dattātrēya, p. [114]. |
| | V. Two Modern Instances, p. [116]. |
| [Conclusion.] |