Studies in the Proto-history of India by D. P. Mishra

This monograph is an attempt to interpret the proto-historical period of Indian history mainly in the light of the traditional accounts preserved in Vedic and Puranic literature, and in the two epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. It has been the fashion with some recent historians and archaeologists to treat our traditional lore with suspicion, if not scorn. But it should not be forgotten that the very existence of a rich and ancient tradition is proof of a high degree of civilisation even in that remote and dim past. The Vedic and Puranic literature and the Epics provide evidence of a highly organised society which a historian can ignore only at his peril