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Contemporary Indian Philosophy attempts a systematic and critical evaluation of the philosophy of contemporary Indian thinkers. It is a vast subject showing several trends such as idealism, realism, eclecticism, revivalism, humanism, etc. All these trends cannot be comprehended in one single volume. Therefore, this book limits its study to the idealist and integralist trend and in it too reference has been made to only more important philosophers, such as Annie Besant, Dayananda, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and Sarvapalli RadhakrIshnan. Before dealing in detail with the philosophy of the above-mentioned important contemporary Indian philosophers, the book studies the Neo-Vedanta traditions of India so that the philosophical background of the theories propounded by the contemporary Indian thinkers may be clarified. In the end, after a detailed analysis of the philosophies of the above-mentioned eight contemporary Indian philosophers, a comparative survey of their views has been attempted in the last chapter. The last chapter also includes the concluding and critical remarks. This book has been written not only to serve as a reference work for more ardent researchers and teachers of philosophy but to serve as an ideal textbook for the university students of this subject. Therefore, analytic method of presentation of the subject matter through a vast variety of headings and sub-headings has been employed throughout the book.