The Cambridge History of India. Under the editorship 

 of Professor E.J. Rapson, M.A., Lieut-Col. T. W. Haig, 

 C.M.G., and Sir Theodoi'e Morison, K.C.I.E. 



In six volumes. Royal 8vo. Buckram, gilt top. With a large number of maps 

 and illustrations. Price 15J. net per volume; to subscribers I2.t. net. 



The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press have 

 undertaken to publish a comprehensive History of India from 

 the eariiest times down to the present day. The work will 

 thus cover a period of more than three thousand years and 

 will deal concisely with the political and social history of the 

 numerous nationalities which have risen to power in the 

 Indian continent during historical times. Hitherto the three 

 main periods of Indian History — Ancient Hindu, Muham- 

 madan and British — have usually received separate treatment. 

 There is no single work in existence which deals adequately 

 with the subject of Indian History as a whole. The Syndics 

 trust that, by securing the cooperation of a number of scholars 

 under the direction of an editor for each of the main periods, 

 they will be able to supply the undoubted need for a standard 

 History of India. 



As in The Cambridge Modern History, the aim of each 

 chapter will be to summarise in an accurate and readable 

 manner the results of the latest investigations in the subject 

 with which it deals ; and to each chapter will be appended a 

 select bibliography of authorities. The work will thus satisfy 

 the requirements both .of the general reader and of the 

 student. 



The maps, however, will be inserted in the text and not 

 gathered together in a separate volume ; and the volumes 

 will be abundantly illustrated. As the monuments of India, 

 its inscriptions and coins, supply the most valuable historical 

 and chronological information, special chapters will be devoted 

 to these sources of history ; and photographs or other repro- 

 ductions of the most noteworthy objects of interest will be 

 added. For the means of supplying a larger number than 

 would otherwise have been possible of these and similar 

 illustrations, the Syndics are indebted to the generosity of 

 Sir Dorab Tata. 



