History of India: Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental - PAPERBACK

About the Book:-In this volume the author has tried to portray a picture of India as it appeared to foreign travellers, who visited India at different periods in its history. Greek, Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Persian, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, French, and English sources have been drawn upon, since these are the historic nations which have come into direct or indirect contact with India. Among classical writers Strabo was given a preference, both for particular merits of his own and because his description of India includes the reports of his countrymen Megasthenes, Onesikritos, and others, who accompanied Alexander the Great on his invading march into the land of the Indus. The illustrations are taken largely from original photographs or old prints, but useful aid, as in the preceding volumes, has been received from such well- known works on India as those of Rousselet, Beveridge, and Caine. It has been an advantage likewise to have the use of certain excellent photographs taken by the Rev. W.M. Zmnbro, of Madura, Southern India. About the Author:-Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson was an American specialist on Indo-European languages. He was well known as a lecturer on English literature and the Orient. In 1901, during a visit to India and Ceylon, he received special attention from the Parsees, who presented to Columbia a valuable collection of Zoroastrian manuscripts in recognition of the instruction there given by him in their ancient texts. In 1903 he made a second journey to the Orient, this time visiting Iran. He also visited Central Asia sometime before 1918. The Title ' written/authored/edited by ', published in the year .