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Tables of Contents for Gods, Sages and Kings
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
11
4
Vyaas Houston
Preface
15
6
Introduction
Ancient History from the Vision of the Seers
21
24
Through the Glass Darkly: Confronting the Veil of Time
The Symbolism of Light: Ways of Interpreting the Veda
Preview of Conclusions
Interpretations of History: A Spiritual Model
PART I: The Vedic World
The Image of the Ocean
The Maritime Nature of Vedic Culture
45
22
Creation From the Cosmic Sea
Indra and the Ocean
Agni and the Ocean
Deliverance Across the Sea
The Image of the Flood and Stopping the Waters
The Divine Ship, Varuna and Ocean Travel
The Ocean God and the Water Goddesses
Soma and the Sea
The Saraswati River
The Homeland of Vedic Civilization
67
10
The Image of the Rivers
The Saraswati River: The Place of Origins
The Saraswati Rediscovered
The Land of the Seven Rivers
The Greater Vedic Land
77
24
The Hymn to the Rivers: The Main Rivers of India
The Mountain Lands of the Soma
Gandhara: Into Afghanistan
The Rasa: Rivers in Central India
The Maruts: Travels of the Vedic Sages
The Sarayu: Rivers to the East
More on the Ganges: The River of the Dolphins
Mount Kailas: The World-Mountain
The Land of the Seven Rivers
The Land of the Gods Between the Two Oceans
PART II: The Throne of Indra Stories of Vedic Kings
From the Rig Veda
101
22
The Vedic Nobility
The Story of Sudas and the Battle of the Ten Kings
Divodasa and the Defeat of the Dasyus
Mount Abu and Arbuda
The Victory of Divodasa
Other Kings
From the Brahmanas and Puranas
123
116
The Brahmanas: Rituals of the Vedic Kings
The Great Anointing of Indra
Ancient Indian Emperors
The Victory of Indra: Indra and Varuna
Puranic and Vedic Lists of Kings
The Great Dynasty of Nahusha
The Five Vedic Peoples in the Puranas
The Solar and Lunar Dynasties
The Split Between the Seer Families
PART III: Vedic Astronomy The Testimony of the Stars
Hindu Astronomy
The Knowledge of Precession
147
18
The Ancient Zodiac and Calendar
The Summer Solstice at the End of Cancer or 1280 BC
The Sacrifice, the Year, and the Constellations
The Vernal Equinox in Early Taurus or 2000 BC
Reaction of Modern Scholars
Origin of the Lunar Constellations
Ancient Observation of the Heavens
Breaking Through the Barrior of Time
Astronomical References in the Rig Veda
165
38
Sages, Planets and Stars
Stellar Mythology and the Image of Time
The Paths of the Gods and the Fathers: The Vedic Day and Night
The Marriage of the Sun Goddess: The Summer Solstice in Virgo, 4000 BC
The Vernal Equinox in Orion
The Horse's Head: The Winter Solstice in Aries, 6000 BC
Punarvasu, the Vernal Equinox in Cancer
Chitra, the Summer Solstice in Libra
Chronology of the Vedas
PART IV: Vedic Religion
Vedic Religion
The Yogic Basis of Civilization
203
36
The Origins of Yoga
Pranayama
The Practice of Yoga in the Rig Veda
The Symbolism of the Sun
Indra, Agni, Soma, and Yoga
The Saraswati and the Spinal Current
The Symbolism of the Kings
Yoga Postures
Gods and Sages
Vedic Seers in Other Religions
Hindu Gods and the Rig Veda
Indra and Shiva
Vishnu
The Goddesses
The Deities as Personifications of the Sacrifice
Veda and Tantra
The Universal Fire Ritual
Om and the Rig Veda
The Use of Images in the Rig Veda
PART V: Peoples of the Ancient World The Fall from Grace
Ancient Aryan Culture
239
24
Vedic and Aryan Culture
Origins of the Vedic People
The Indus-Saraswati Culture: The Myth of the Aryan Invasion
Aryan and Non-Aryan Peoples
The Peoples of the Middle East
263
22
The Asuras: The Great Warrior Peoples
The Persians
The Assyrians
The Hittites, Mittani, and Kassites: Indo-Aryan Peoples of the Ancient Middle East
The Egyptians
The Sumerians
Elam: Dravidians of the Ancient Middle East
The Phoenicians
The God Il and the Goddess Ila
Varuna and Indra: The Divine Father and Divine Son
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Ancient World Unity
The Greater World Culture
285
102
The Dravidians: The Third Land of Ila
Other Aryan Religions: The Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs
The Europeans
The Place of Europe in the Ancient World
The Peoples of the East
The Chinese
The Tibetans
Indonesia and Polynesia
Africa
The American Indians
Antediluvian Peoples
APPENDICES
A. Background Material
1. Vedic Cosmology
305
12
The Vedic View of the Worlds
The Vedic View of the Earth
Ancient Cataclysms
2. Vedic Civilization
317
21
Food Sources and Plants
Animals
Metals, Stones, and Implements
Vehicles
Weapons and Armies
Vedic Cities
Vedic Society
Art and Magic
Ayurveda, Vedic Medicine
The Soma Plant
Vedic Healing Methods
The Vedic God of Medicine
3. The Yuga Theory of Sri Yukteswar
338
4
B. Addendum
1. The Lunar Constellations, Nakshatras
342
3
2. Glossary of Terms
345
9
3. Footnotes
354
15
4. Sanskrit Quotes
369
12
5. Bibliography
381
6
Index
387