Transcriber's Notes

1. New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

2. Certain hyphenation and spelling variations are retained as in original which is sourced by bibliographic references.

3. Footnotes were moved to the end of the book.

4. Illustrations were moved from middle to end of the paragraph.

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK’S
HUNDRED BOOKS

THE
RAMAYANA
AND THE
MAHABHARATA

Reprinted
by permission of George Bell and Sons
from “Bohn’s Standard Library”
for “Sir John Lubbock’s Hundred Books.”

Sir John Lubbock’s Hundred Books

THE GREAT INDIAN EPICS
THE STORIES OF THE
RAMAYANA
AND THE
MAHABHARATA
BY
JOHN CAMPBELL OMAN
PROFESSOR OF NATURAL SCIENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE LAHORE
AUTHOR OF “INDIAN LIFE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL” ETC.
WITH NOTES APPENDICES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW EDITION REVISED