1.:i-..;-i^ 'mini 11 ; ,y,p-NRLF *4 jilioM>ilMM "J 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 ....,