Introduction: Horses in Indian Nature and Culture
1. The Presence of Horses in the Indo-European World and the Absence of Horses in the Indus Valley Civilization, 3000 to 5100 BCE
2. Horses in the Vedas, 1500 to 500 BCE
3. Horses and Snakes in the Underworld in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, 300 BCE to 300 CE
4. Horses in the Ocean in the Sanskrit Puranas, 400 to 1400 CE
5. Ashvashastra, the Science of Horses, 200 BCE to 1200 CE
6. Buddhist Horses, 500 BCE to 500 CE
7. Arabian Horses and Muslim Horsemen, 500 to 1800 CE
8. Equestrian Epics and Mythic Mares, 600 to 2000 CE
9. Horses of the British Raj, 1700 to 1900 CE
10. Horse Myths and Rituals in the Absence of Horses, 1800 to 2000 CE
11. Horses in Modern India, 1900 to 2020 CE
Conclusion: The Gift Horse
