Brief History Of The Indian Peoples - PB

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