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iiii).*^'4~" *B 511 ma St ^ '^ *, m ^ * * * OLASfiOSV: PRINTED AT
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY ROBERT MACLEHOSK AND CO. LTD. 6. PREFACE.
The continued demand for this small history has en- couraged the
writer to undertake a complete revision of the work. In the present
edition the major portion of the Hindu Period has been rewritten
and the other periods carefully revised and brought up to date. But
the lines upon which the book was originally designed have been
scrupulously adhered to. It deals with events only which, are
deemed to merit consideration in a general survey of the history of
the country, and it remains, as far as it is possible to make it, a
connected and consecutive account from the earliest times down to
the present day. C. F. DE LA FOSSE. Oct 1909. 419926 7. CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION. BOOK I. THE HINDU PERIOD. CHAPTER PAGE I. The Vedic
Age . . . . . , o 1 a e c I t/ , , - 20 26 77 11. Tks Age of the
Brahmanas III. The Sutra I^eriod lY. The Buddhist Age V. Southern
India . BOOK II. THE MUHAMMEDAN PERIOD, I. Afghan Rule , . 85 II.
Moghul Supremacy ....,