Bibliographical Notes

Summary

The Bibliographical Notes offer a survey of recent publications relevant to Indian religious and cultural studies. Among works on Vedic literature, they mention P.S. Deshmukh’s Origin and Development of Religion in Vedic Literature (Bombay 1934), Ananda K. Coomaraswamy’s essay A New Approach to the Vedas, and J. Bloch’s L’Indo-Aryen du Veda aux temps modernesfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=Bibliographical%20Notes%20Origin%20and%20Development,V%2C%20Thadani%2C%20Karachi%201934. The notes list studies on the Mahabharata, including N.V. Thadani’s Mystery of the Mahabharata and Dipromathanath Mallik’s Mahabharata: A Critical Studyfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=%27%20My,by%20DPromathanath%20Mallik%2C%20Calcutta%201934. Other books include O. Edwards Hunter’s work on the script of Harappa and its relation to other scriptsfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=,Coins%20of%20Nadir%20Shal%20and, and catalogues such as H.B. Whitehead’s listing of coins from the Punjab Museumfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=Catalogue%20of%20Coins%20in%20the,Lahore%201935. Epigraphical and archaeological reports feature prominently, such as the Annual Report on South Indian Epigraphy and the Bibliography of Indian Archaeologyfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=Annual%20Report%20on%20Sout,file:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=Bibliography%20of%20Indiun%20Archeology%20for,%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AA%201934. The notes also mention works on Hindu philosophy, including P.N. Srinivasachari’s Philosophy of Bhedabheda and Kathé Marschner’s study of a Upanisad commentaryfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=Philosophy%20of%20Bhedabheda%20by%20P,Charlotieu. They highlight monographs on Buddhist philosophy and literature, such as Kitayoma’s Metaphysics of Buddhism and Wogihara’s editions of Prajnaparamita textsfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=Metaplysik%20des%20Buddhismys%20,Calcutta%20Oriental. Publications on Indian history include S.R. Sharma’s Mughal Empire in India and G.B. Sardesai’s volumes of Peshwa documentsfile:///home/oai/share/split_pdfs/404-407-bibliographical_notes.pdf#:~:text=Mughal%20Empire%20in%20India%20%281520,Caleutta%201934. By enumerating these works without critical comment, the Bibliographical Notes provide a reference list for scholars seeking recent literature across a wide range of topics: Vedic and Sanskrit texts, epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics, philosophy, and historical studies. The breadth of the list reflects the vigorous scholarly activity of the early 1930s and serves as a resource for researchers.