The Puranas are infallible source of information of Indian history of religion, philosophy, culture and civilization, polity of society, arts and crafts, architecture and iconography besides royal dynasties and period of their rule. It was long felt that a comprehensive Index of the Puranas was a desideratum. We have an Index to Vedic literature by Macdonell and Keith; we have also one to the Mahabharata by Sorensen; then why not a similar Index to all the eighteen major and an equal number of the minor Puranas which constitute an important branch of Indian literature?

Vayu, Brahmanda, Matsya, Vishnu and Bhagavata. The present work is in three parts. The work is exhaustive in nature and covers the vast and varied field of ancient Indian Culture in all aspects.