Muir J. (Collected, translated). Original Sanskrit texts. Volume 1

London: Trübner and CO, 1868. — 552 p.On the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions, Collected, Translated, and Illustrated by J. Muir
The Introduction (pp. 1 — 6) contains a very rapid sur vey of the sources from which our information on the} subject of caste is to be derived, viz. The Vedic hymns; the Brahmanas, the Epic poems, and the Puranas, 111 which the chronological order and the general charac teristics of these works are stated.