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This book aims to give the reader a glimpse of India in nearly every epoch of its history by taking up a prominent leader and laying forth their achievements. The leaders mentioned are the Buddha, Ashoka, Indo-Greek dynasties of the Panjab, the Chinese Pilgrims in India, Ibn Battuta, Akbar, Shivaji, Robert Knox and Ranjit Singh and the Sikh nation. The book ends with a chapter on the influence of foreign cultures in the civilization of ancient India. There are 7 illustrations and a map in the book. This book is a reprint of the 1913 edition.