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A very informative, but concise book on various historical events, and popular personalities of Indian history. This edition is a culled account derived from The Indian Empire, by the same author; the latter book being a collection of historical material contained in the Imperial gazetteer of India There are 16 chapters in this book which notice the historical events in a chronological sequence, The book starts with a chapter on the country and further goes on to discuss the people, the non-aryans, the aryans, buddhism, the greeks in India, the Scythic invasions, the muhammadan dynasties, the Marathas, european settlements, British rule, the 1857 revolt, and India under the crown, This work has a map of British India, and was first published in 1893