History of India: From the earliest times to the sixth century VOL 1ST - PAPERBACK

About the Book : The aim of this series of volumes is to present a continuous narrative of the history of India from the dim ages of the past down to the present time, combining into an organic whole a succession of standard works by recognized authorities, each a master of the special period with which he deals, thus providing a complete picture of the development of the country. This series of volumes deal with the following topics, namely, Vol-1 From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century, B. C., Vol-2 From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest, Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great, Vol-3 Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the reign of Akber the Great, Vol-4 From the Reign of Akbar the Great to the Fall of the Moghul Empire, Vol-5 The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians, Vol-6 From the first European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company, Vol-7- The European Struggle for Indian Supremacy in the Seventeenth Century, Vol-8- From the Close of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Time, Vol-9 Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Occidental. About The Author : Romesh Chunder Dutt CIE ( 1848 – 1909) was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata. He was educated in various Bengali District schools, then at Hare School, Calcutta. After his father's untimely death in a boat accident in eastern Bengal, his uncle, Shoshee Chunder Dutt, an accomplished writer, became his guardian in 1861. He wrote about his uncle, "He used to sit at night with us and our favorite study used to be pieces from the works of the English poets. " He was a relative of Toru Dutt, one of nineteenth century Bengal's most prominent poets. At that time, only one other Indian, Satyendra Nath Tagore, had qualified for the Indian Civil Service. Dutt aimed to emulate Tagore's feat.