This is the Brahma Purana in English (translation from Sanskrit), which is one of the eighteen Maha Puranas. The contents of this ancient Indian encyclopedic treatise include cosmology, genealogy (solar dynasty etc.), mythology, geology and Dharma (universal law of nature).
The Brahma Purana is notable for its extenstive geological survey including descriptions of holy sites (tirthas) around the Godavari river region and modern Odisha.
Chapter 1 – On the Origin of Devas and Asuras
Chapter 2 – Origin and glory of Pṛthu
Chapter 3 – Manvantaras
Chapter 4 – Evolution of Vivasvat Āditya
Chapter 5 – Review of the Solar Race
Chapter 6 – Kings of the Solar Race
Chapter 7 – Birth of Soma
Chapter 8 – Kings of the Lunar Race
Chapter 9 – Genealogy of Ancient Kṣatriyas
Chapter 10 – The Narrative of Yayāti
Chapter 11 – Dynasty of Yayāti
Chapter 12 – Birth of Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 13 – The Family of Vṛṣṇis
Chapter 14 – How the Syamantaka Jewel was brought back?
Chapter 15 – Akrūra obtains Syamantaka
Chapter 16 – Seven Continents (sapta-dvīpa)
Chapter 17 – Jambūdvīpa
Chapter 18 – The Magnitude of Oceans and Continents
Chapter 19 – The Magnitude of Netherworlds
Chapter 20 – Hells in nether regions
Chapter 21 – Upper Regions (Bhūr, Bhuvar, Svar etc.)
Chapter 22 – Pole Star (dhruva)
Chapter 23 – Holy Centres (tīrtha): Their Greatness
Chapter 24 – A Dialogue between Brahmā and Sages
Chapter 25 – Bhārata Subcontinent
Chapter 26 – The Glory of Koṇāditya
Chapter 27 – Efficacy of Devotion to Sun-god
Chapter 28 – Glory of Sun-God
Chapter 29 – Name of Sun-god
Chapter 30 – Nativity of Sun-god
Chapter 31 – One Hundred and Eight Names of Sun-God
Chapter 32 – Penance of Umā
Chapter 33 – Testing of Pārvatī
Chapter 34 – Pārvatī weds Śiva
Chapter 35 – Hymn in Praise of Śiva
Chapter 36 – Umā and Śaṅkara leave Himālayas
Chapter 37 – Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
Chapter 38 – The Prayer by Dakṣa
Chapter 39 – The holy Centre of Ekāmra
Chapter 40 – The holy centre Utkala
Chapter 41 – The narrative of Indradyumna and description of Avanti
Chapter 42 – The Holy centre sighted
Chapter 43 – A Review of Past Incidents
Chapter 44 – Description of the Holy Centre
Chapter 45 – Horse-Sacrifice
Chapter 46 – The Prayer for Welfare
Chapter 47 – The Origin of Idols
Chapter 48 – Description of Puruṣottama
Chapter 49 – A Visit to the Holy Banyan Tree by Mārkaṇḍeya
Chapter 50 – Mārkaṇḍeya views annihilation
Chapter 51 – Mārkaṇḍeya wanders in the belly of the Lord
Chapter 52 – The Review of the Prayer to the Lord
Chapter 53 – Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision of the Holy Lord
Chapter 54 – Visit to Kṛṣṇa Shrine
Chapter 55 – The Greatness of Narasiṃha
Chapter 56 – The Greatness of Śveta Mādhava
Chapter 57 – Mode of Procedure for a Holy Dip in the Ocean
Chapter 58 – Rules of Worship and Mantras
Chapter 59 – The Merit of a holy dip in the Ocean
Chapter 60 – Glory of five holy spots (pañcatīrthi)
Chapter 61 – In praise of Mahājyeṣṭhi Full moon day in the month of Jyeṣṭha
Chapter 62 – Holy Ablution in Propitiation of Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 63 – Glory of the Holy Procession: Guṇḍikā Yātrā
Chapter 64 – The Twelve Holy Pilgrimages and their Benefits
Chapter 65 – The World (loka) of Viṣṇu
Chapter 66 – The Glory of Lord Puruṣottama
Chapter 67 – The Glory of Ananta Vāsudeva
Chapter 68 – Glory of the Holy Shrine of Puruṣottama
Chapter 69 – Narrative of Sage Kaṇḍu
Chapter 70 – Doubts raised by sages
Chapter 71 – Lord’s Incarnation
Chapter 72 – Incarnations of Hari
Chapter 73 – The nativity of Śrīkṛṣṇa
Chapter 74 – Kaṃsa takes steps to ward off his danger
Chapter 75 – Pūtanā slain and Cart smashed
Chapter 76 – Cowherds’ colony shifted to Vṛndāvana
Chapter 77 – Suppression of Kāliya
Chapter 78 – Dhenuka and Pralamba are slain
Chapter 79 – Worship of Govardhana Mountain
Chapter 80 – Coronation of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 81 – Ariṣṭa is slain
Chapter 82 – Keśin is slain
Chapter 83 – Akrūra comes to the Cowherds’ colony
Chapter 84 – Return of Akrūra
Chapter 85 – Kaṃsa is slain
Chapter 86 – The Son of Sandīpani restored
Chapter 87 – The Onslaught of Jarāsandha
Chapter 88 – Mucukunda’s Prayer
Chapter 89 – Balarāma returns to the cowherds’ colony
Chapter 90 – Balarāma’s sport with Ploughshare
Chapter 91 – Return of Pradyumna
Chapter 92 – Rukmin is slain
Chapter 93 – Naraka is killed
Chapter 94 – The prayer by Indra
Chapter 95 – Lord Kṛṣṇa marries sixteen thousand and one hundred virgins
Chapter 96 – Progeny of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 97 – Uṣā and Aniruddha were brought back
Chapter 98 – The burning of Kāśī
Chapter 99 – Glory of Balarāma
Chapter 100 – The Monkey Dvivida is slain
Chapter 101 – Śrīkṛṣṇa returns to his abode
Chapter 102 – Lord Kṛṣṇa ascends Heaven
Chapter 103 – The episode of Kṛṣṇa concluded
Chapter 104 – The glorification of different Manifestations of the lord (Viṣṇu)
Chapter 105 – Review of the path of the world of Yama
Chapter 106 – Tortures in Hell
Chapter 107 – The Goal of the Virtuous
Chapter 108 – The cycle of worldly existence
Chapter 109 – Gift of food the best of all charitable acts
Chapter 110 – On the performance of Śrāddha and the associated legend
Chapter 111 – The details of the Śrāddha ritual
Chapter 112 – The details of Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa Rite
Chapter 113 – Conduct of the Good
Chapter 114 – Assignment of duties to different castes and stages of life
Chapter 115 – Characteristics of mixed castes
Chapter 116-117 – Review of Virtue
Chapter 118 – Dialogue between Maheśvara and the Sages
Chapter 119 – Goal of the devotees of Viṣṇu
Chapter 120 – The benefits of singing devotional songs of Viṣṇu while keeping awake at night
Chapter 121 – Manifestation of Māyā
Chapter 122-123 – Foretelling future
Chapter 124 – Description of Annihilation
Chapter 125 – The natural re-absorption
Chapter 126 – The Ultimate re-absorption
Chapter 127 – Practice of Yoga
Chapter 128-130 – Review of Sāṃkhya and Yoga
Chapter 131 – Review of injunctions regarding Yogic practice
Chapter 132 – Review of the principles of Sāṃkhya
Chapter 133 – The perishable and the Imperishable
Chapter 134-137 – A dialogue between Vasiṣṭha and Janaka
Chapter 138 – In praise of the (Brahmā-) Purāṇa
Maha Vishnu 