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Chapter 1. Combined Methods in Indology;
Chapter 2. Living Prehistory in India;
Chapter 3. On a Marxist Approach to Indian Chronology;
Chapter 4. Stages of Indian History;
Chapter 5. The Vedic 'Five Tribes';
Chapter 6. Early Brahmins and Brahminism;
Chapter 7. On the Origin of Brahmin Gotras;
Chapter 8. Development of the Gotra System;
Chapter 9. Brahmin Clans;
Chapter 10. Early Stages of the Caste System in Northern India;
Chapter 11. The Beginning of the Iron Age in India;
Chapter 12. Ancient Kosala and Magadha;
Chapter 13. The Line of Arthasastra Teachers;
Chapter 14. Kaniska and the Sake Era;
Chapter 15. The Working Class in the Amarakosa;
Chapter 16. Origins of Feudalism in Kashmir;
Chapter 17. The Basis of Ancient Indian History (I);
Chapter 18. The Basis of Ancient Indian History (II);
Chapter 19. The Autochthonous Element in the Mahabharata;
Chapter 20. The Avatara Syncretism and Possible Sources of the Bhagvad-Gita;
Chapter 21. The Historical Krishna;
Chapter 22. The Study of Ancient Indian Tradition;
Chapter 23. Pierced Microliths from the Deccan Plateau;
Chapter 24. Megaliths in the Poona District;
Chapter 25. Prehistoric Rock Engravings Near Poona;
Chapter 26. Staple 'Grains' in the Western Deccan;
Chapter 27. Dhenukakata;
Chapter 28. The Buddhist Caves of Western India;
Chapter 29. Notes on the Kandahar Edict of Asoka;
Chapter 30. Indian Feudal Trade Charters;
Chapter 31. An Inscription at Palasdev of Saka 1079;
Chapter 32. Asokan Pillar: Banaras Mystery;
Chapter 33. Scientific Numismatics;
Chapter 34. 'Indo-Aryan' Nose Index;
Chapter 35. On the Authorship of Satakatrayi;
Chapter 36. Some Extant Versions of Bhartrhari's Satakas;
Chapter 37. The Parvasamgraha of the Mahabharata;
Chapter 38. Parvasamgraha Figures for the Bhismaparvan of the Mahabharata;
Chapter 39. The Sanskrit Equivalents of Two Pali Words;
Chapter 40. The Text of the Arthasastra;
Chapter 41. The Cintamanisaranika of Dasabala;
Chapter 42. The Quality of Renunciation in Bhartrhari's Poetry;
Chapter 43. Introducing Vidyakara's Subhasitaratnakosa;
Chapter 44. The Emergence of National Characteristics Among Three Indo-European Peoples;
Chapter 45. Race and Immunity in India;
Chapter 46. Caste and Class in India;
Chapter 47. Geldner's Rgveda;
Chapter 48. Marxism and Ancient Indian Culture;
Chapter 49. What Constitutes Indian History;
Chapter 50. The Basis of Despotism;
Chapter 51. On the Development of Feudalism in India;
Chapter 52. Primitive Communism;
Chapter 53. On Valid Tests of Linguistic Hypotheses;
Chapter 54. At the Crossroads: A Study of Mother-Goddess Cult Sites;
Archaeological Review 1; Archaeological Review 2; Bio-note

This book examines rare and scattered essays, notes and reviews of D.D. Kosambi. He introduced pioneering perspectives and methods in Indological studies, written and published over almost thirty years. These writings cover an enormous range: text-edition and philology, religion, historical reconstruction, archaeology and anthropology, considerations of method, and so on. Together they reflect an integrated framework which, in Kosambi's own characterization, was Marxist. Many of Kosambi's seminal ideas were worked out in great depth in these scholarly articles; published in different journals, in India and abroad, they have long remained outside the reach even of experts. By attempting to be a comprehensive anthology, the collection will for the first time enable readers to sample the versatility of Kosambi's work..
The introduction by B.D. Chattopadhyaya explores the genesis, range, and significance of Kosambi's writings. (Provided by Publisher)