Transcriber's Notes:
1. Page scan source:
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(University of Michigan)
2. The letter "y" with circumflex is Courier New 375.
3. Map images are incomplete and are not provided here.
Map: India to the Present Day.
A history, above all one which claims to hold no original research,but simply to be a compilation of the work of others, needs nointroduction save the compiler's thanks to many who have beenconsulted.
One word, however, may be said regarding the only accent used--thecircumflex.
This is put always on the tone of stress; that is to say, on thesyllable to be accented. Thus Mâlwa, Ambêr, Jeysulmêr, Himâlya,Vizigapatâm. Where no accent appears the syllables are of equal value.
F. A. STEEL.
Talgarth, Machynlleth.
INDIA TO B.C. 231.
INDIA TO A.D. 1000.
INDIA TO A.D. 1483.
INDIA TO A.D. 1556.
INDIA TO A.D. 1707.
INDIA TO A.D. 1757.
INDIA AT THE PRESENT DAY.
The Ancient Age--When it began--Earliest hymns--The Blackpeople--The White people-Was there a third tribe?
The Vedic times--Extent of India--Rig-Veda--Sevenrivers--Agriculture--Aryan gods--Aryan features--Hymns tothe Dawn.
Days of the Epics--Larger extent of India known--Two greatepics--The Brahmânas--The Mâhâbhârata--Story of Bhishma--A golden age--Bhishma's vow and its results--The PrincessDrâupadi--Bhishma's death--The Râmâyana.
The marvellous millennium--Its literature--The Ûpanishads--Kapîla'sphilosophy--Vedanta teaching--Religious atmosphere--GâutamaBuddha--Yoga, and other philosophies--Megasthenes' accounts.
The Sesu-nâga and other kings--Actual history--Scythians--Firstbreath of realit