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A small collection of lectures delivered by the author before the East India Association, London, on April 8th and May 13, 1897. The lectures discuss 1) the ancienct Indian Empires – a myth; 2) the epic poems; 3) Ashoka; 4) India after Ashoka: 5) Vikramaditya; 6) Laters years; 7) Land revenue and taxation; 8) condition of the people and famines; and roads and communications etc. This book is a reprint of the 1898 edition.