Personhood is central to the worldview of ancient India. Across voluminous texts and diverse traditions, the subject of the purusa, the Sanskrit term for "person," has been a constant source of insight and innovation. Yet little sustained scholarly attention has been paid to the precise meanings of the purusa concept or its historical transformations within and across traditions. In Purusa: Personhood in Ancient India, Matthew I. Robertson traces the history of Indic thinking about purusas through an extensive analysis of the major texts and traditions of ancient India.