Chronological Table

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

(of important works and authors referred to in this volume)

N. B. Some dates, particularly of ancient works, are conjectural and only tentative. 4000 B. C-1000 B.C. -The period of the Vedic Samhitas, Brā.

hmanas and Upanigads. It is possible that some hymns may go back to & period even earlier than 4000 B. O. and that some Upaniṣads (even out of those that are regarded as the principal and the earliest

ones) are later than 1000 B, C. 800 B. C.-500 B, C.–The Nirukta. 800 B. C.–400 B.C.–The principal srauta sūtras (of Āpastamba,

Āśvalāyana, Baudhāyana, Katyayana, Sāṅkhyāyana, Lātyāyana, Drābyāyana, Satyāṣādba) and some of the grhya sūtras

( Aśvalāyana, Apastamba &c.). 600 B, C.–300 B. C.-The dharmasūtras of Āpastamba, Gautama.

Baudhayana, Vasiṣtha and the Gșhya Eūtras of Pāraskara, Baudhāyana and

some others, 600 B.C.-300 B.O.–Pāṇini. 500 B, C.–200 B.O.–Jaimini’s Pūrvamimāmsā sūtra. 300 B, C.-100 A.D.–Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra 150 B.O.

Mahabhāṣya of Patañjali. 200 B. 0.-200 A. D.-Manusmrti. 100 A.D.–300 A. D. Yājñavalkya-smrti. 100 A. D.-300 A. D.–Viṣṇudharmasūtra. 100 A, D.—400 A. D.-Nāradasmrti. 200 A. D.–500 A.D.-Vaikhānasa-smartasutra, 200 A. D.-500 A. D.-Sabara, com. of Jaimini. 300 A. D.–500 A, D.-Bphaspatismrti ( not yet found). 300 A. D.-600 A.D.–Some of the extant purāṇas viz. Vāyu.

Vispu, Mārkandeya, Kūrma, Matsya. 400 A. D. –600 A. D.-Katyāyanasmrti ( not yet found). 505 A. D._-587 A. D.Varāba-mibira, author of Bṛhatsambita. 650 A, D.–750 A. D. Tantravārtika of Kumārila. 788 A, D.–820 A. D.-Samkarācārya, the great Advaita pbilo

sopher.

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600 A. D.-900 A, D.-Most of the other smrtis and some of the

purāṇas. 800 A. D.–850 A.D.-Viśvarūpa, com, of Yajñavalkya. 900 A. D.

Medhātithi, com. of Manu 1100 A. D.

Mitākṣarā of Vijñāneśvara. 1100 A, D.-1150 A. D.Kalpataru of Lakṣmidbara, 1100 A, D.-1150 A. D.-Jimnātavābana. 1125 A. D.

Aparārka. 1150 A. D.-1200 A. D.-Smrtyarthasāra. 1200 A, D.-1225 A, D.–Smṛticandrikā. 1150 A, D.-1300 A. D.-Haradatta. 1150 A. D.-1300 A.D.-Kullūka. 1260 A. D.-1270 A. D.–Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi. 1310 A. D.-1360 A. D.-Candeśvara, author of the Grbastbaratnā.

karą and other Ratnakaras. 1300 A. D.-1380 A. D.-Madhavāoārya, author of Parāśara

Mādhaviya. 1360 A. D.-1390 A, D.-Madanapārijata. 1425 A. D.-1450 A. D.-Madanaratna. 1520 A. D.-1570 A, D.-Raghunandana. 1610 A. D.-1640 A. D.Kamalakarabhatta, author of Nirnaya

sindhu and Sūdrakamalakara. 1615 A. D.-1645 A. D–Nilakantha, author of Saṁskāra-mayūkba

and other Mayūkhas. 1610 A, D.-1640 A, D.-Mitra Migra, author of Viramnitrodaya. 1650 A. D.-1680 A, D.Anantadova, author of Samskāra-kaus

tubha. About 1686 A.D.-Smrtimuktāphala of Vaidyanatha, 1700 A. D.-1750 A. D.– Nāgojibhatta, 1750 A, D.-1820 A. D.-Balambhatta, author of Balambhatti. 1790 A. D.

Dharmasindhu (of Kaśinātha ).