This course, which is divided into two parts, is intended to give a preliminary understanding of Hinduism and the Indian philosophical literature. The first part begins with the discussion of how Indian Philosophy is characteristically different from the western philosophy. The second part exposes the Vedic literature, which is the foundation of Indian philosophical tradition and then explores the Upanishads, the epics and the Bhagavad Gita. The course is designed in such a way that it would introduce the students the historical development of Indian Philosophy up to the development of the heterodox systems.
- S. Chatterjee & Datta, An Introduction to Indian Philosophy (Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1984).
- J. Thachil, An Initiation to Indian Philosophy (Aluva: Aluva Press, 2000).
- T.M.P Mhadevan, Initiation to Indian Philosophy (Delhi: Arnold Heinenman Publishers, 1974).
- M. Hiriyanna, Essentials of Indian Philosophy (Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass Publications, 1995).