Klaus K. Klostermaier, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba in Canada, and Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Vaisnava and Hindu Studies. He has studied numerous sacred texts in their original languages, and his many publications include Hinduism: A Short Introduction and Hinduism: A Short History, both published by Oneworld.

• Introduction 11. The vedic Indra Religion2. Vaisnavism 233. Saivism 584. Saktism 835. The Smartas 1046. Hindu Philosophies 1067. Modern Hinduism 1208. Hindu Nationalism Hindu Jagaran 1319. Opposition to Hindu nationalism 14710. The New Universal Hindu Gurus 150