Lionel D. Barnett’s Hindu Gods and Heroes is a concise and scholarly introduction to the development of Hindu mythology and religion. Barnett, a distinguished Orientalist, traces the evolution of Indian belief from the Vedic hymns through the epics to the great gods of later Hinduism.
The book explores the changing character of deities such as Indra, Vishnu, and Shiva, and the heroes of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, setting religious ideas in their historical context. It remains a clear and reliable guide to the world’s third-largest religion. This free EPUB edition is formatted for reading on any device.