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This widely quoted but long unavailable book by one of India's leading scholars includes six lectures: 1. Introductory; 2. Upanisadic Vedanta; 3. Vedanta in the Bhagavadgita; 4. Vedanta in the Brahmasutras; 5. Pre-Sankara Vedanta; 6. Sankara: His Life and Times. In the second through fourthlectures Belvalkar investigates Vedanta in relation to its three primary sources. In the fifth lecture he discusses the contribution of Gaudapada. In the sixth lecture he includes what is still the only comprehensive analysis of the authenticity of all the works attributed to Sankara. An additional six lectures in this series were delivered, but apparently never published.