The present book is a collection of essays written at different
points of time and published in reputed journals and books. What
blends them together is the use of the primary source material in
the form of a vast compendium of Puranic literature (backed by
epigraphic, archaeological and anthropological data), which has
been utilized to arrive at conclusions pertaining to changes in
Indian society and religion during the later half of first
millennium AD when the major Puranas were being compiled. The
period represents a watershed in Indian history, for it marked a
transition from a commercially viable economic order to a closed
feudal economy. The social and religious dimensions of the
brahmanical system were particularly impacted by such a transition
resulting in some innovative forms of restructuring. It has been
the purpose behind most of the present articles to reassess and
utilize the available Puranic evidence for getting fresh insights
into the rationale and precise nature of these changes. The key
areas of thrust in these articles are changes in material culture,
awareness and mode of dealing with environmental issues, gender
based differentiation, recent ritual formations such as Mahadana
and Tirthas as well as the utilization of myth as a mode of
expressing historical reality.
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