Myth and Reality, by D. D. Kosambi, presents the studies in the formation of Indian Culture. Summary of the Book This book delves into the nuances of Indology. It studies the social and economic aspects of the Bhagavad-Gita. One of the sections in the book talks about Urvashi and Pururavas. The other sections of the book talk about the mother-goddess cult sites, pilgrim?s progress: a contribution to the prehistory of the Western Deccan plateau, and the village community in the ?old conquests? of Goa. The book is most refreshing in its range of new material presented on discoveries of megaliths, microliths, pastoral superstition and peasant customs. The author?s scholarly analysis is logically consistent and profoundly inspiring in this title. About Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi was an esteemed Indian historian, polymath and mathematician. His contribution to the field of genetics, Kosambi?s Map Function, is highly revered. He was especially knowledgeable in numismatics. Some of the other notable works penned by D. D. Kosambi are An Introduction to the Study of Indian History and Exasperating Essays: Exercise in the Dialectical Method.