CONTENTS:-
Part I: The Hindu Social System:
I. India and Hinduism:
1. The General Place of Hinduism
2. Diffusion Patterns of Hinduism
3. Hindu Doctrine and Ritual
4. The Place of the Vedas
5. The Brahmans and the Castes
6. Caste and Tribe
7. Caste and Guild
8. Caste and Status Group
9. The Social Rank Order of the Castes
10. Caste and Sib
II. The Main Grouping of the Castes:
1. The Brahmans
2. The Kshatriyas
3. The Vaish-yas
4. The Shudras
III. Caste Forms and Schisms:
1. Caste Criteria
2. Caste Schism
3. Caste Discipline
4. Caste and Traditionalism
5. The Religious Promise of the Caste System
6. The Developmental Conditions of the Caste System
Part II: Orthodox and Heterodox Holy Teaching of the Indian Intellectual:
IV. Anti-Orgiastic and Ritualistic Character of Brahmanical Religiosity:
1. Brahmanical, Hellenistic, and Confucian Intellectual Strata
2. Dharma and the Absence of the Concept of Natural Law
3. Knowledge, Asceticism, and Mysticism in India
4. Sramana and Brahmanical Asceticism
5. Brahmanical Writings and Science
V. Orthodox Hinduism:
1. Holy Technique (Yoga) and the Development of Religious Philosophy
2. Orthodox Salvation Doctrines
3. Holy Teaching and the Professional Ethic of the Bhagavadgita
VI. The Heterodox Soteriologies of the Cultured Professional Monks:
1. The Two Great Heterodoxies
2. Jainism
3. Ancient Buddhism
Part III: The Asiatic Sects and the Redemption Religions:
VII. The Transformation of Ancient Buddhism
1. General Reasons for the Transformation of Ancient Buddhism
2. King Ashoka
3. Mahayana Buddhism
VIII. The Missions:
1. Ceylon and Outlying Indian Territories
2. China
3. Korea
4. Japan
5. Inner Asia: Lamaism
IX. The Orthodox Restoration in India:
1. General Character
2. Shivaism and the Lingam Cult
3. Vishnuism and Bhakti Piety
4. The Sects and the Gurus
X. The General Character of Asiatic Religion
