CONTENTS

On Rational Historiography

Foreword 

Abbreviation 

1. Introduction

2. Conception of History and Historiographical Method

3. Veda – Samhita Paradigm in Samhita Phase

4. Transition Period

5. Emergence of a New Paradigm and the Onset of Sastra Phase

6. Growth and Decline

7. Tantra Phase: Creativity without a Paradigm

8. Vijnana Phase: The Paradigm of Natural Science

9. Substantiation of General Cognitive History

10. Conclusion

Appendix 

Select Bibliography 

Index