THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF INDIA— Continued 



The work will be complete in six volumes, royal 8vo, of 

 between 500 and 600 pages each. The following is a general 

 summary of the character and contents of the volumes : — 



THE EARLY HINDU PERIOD, 

 under the editorship of Professor E. J. Rapson, M.A. 

 Vol. I. Ancient India, from the j Vol. II. Medieval iNOiA^from about 

 earliest historical times to about 



the beginning of the Christian era. 

 This volume will deal with the 

 earliest history of India as known from 

 its literatures and monuments. It will 

 include an account of the Persian and 

 Greek dominions in N. Western India, 

 of the Maurya empire, and of the various 

 kin£;doms which arose on its decline. 



the beginning of the Christian era 

 to the .Muhamniadan conquests in 

 the I Ith century a.d. 

 The chapters in this volume will deal 

 chiefly with the empires of the Kushanas 

 and the Guptas : the Hun invasions ; the 

 empire of Harshadeva ; and the inde- 

 pendent kmgdoms in Northern and 

 Southern India. 



THE MUHAMMADAN PERIOD, 

 under the editorship of Lieut. -Col. T. W. Haig, C.M.G. 



Vol. III. Turks and Afghans, from 



the end of the loth century .■i.D. to 



the conquest of Northern India by 



Babar, A.D. 1525. 



This volume will deal with the 



conquests of MahmQd of Ghazni and 



of Muhammad bin Sam of Ghor and his 



lieutenants ; the Slave, KhiljT, Tughlaq, 



and Sayyid dynasties of Delhi, and the 



rise of mmor local dynasties during the 



decline of the power of the Tughlaq 



dynasty. It will include an account of 



Muhammadan conquests in Bengal. 



Vol. IV. The Mughal Empire, 

 from a.d. 1525 to 1757. 

 This volume will contain an account 

 of the establishment of the Mughal 

 empire by Babar, its temporary eclipse, 

 and its extension and consolidation by 

 Akbar, of the gradual e.xtinction of the 

 independent dynasties of the south by 

 Akbar, Jahanglr, Shahjahan, and Au- 

 rangv.ib, the rise of the Marathas and the 

 decline of the Mughal empire down to 

 the battle of Plassev. 



BRITISH INDIA, 

 under the editorship of SIR THEODORE MORISON, K.C.I.E. 



Vol. V. The Honourable East 

 India Company. 

 This volume will give an account of 

 the various European settlements in 

 India and of the history of the East 

 India Company from its foundation in 

 1600 a.d. to the Indian Mutiny in 1857. 



Vol. VI. India under the Crown. 

 The distinctive feature of this volume 

 will be an attempt to estimate the im- 

 portance of those political, religious, 

 social and economic developments 

 which are principally due to British 

 rule. 



It is hoped that the first volume will be published by 

 Easter 19 14, and that the remaining volumes will appear 

 in chronological order at regular intervals of six months. 



Terms to subscribers 

 The subscription price for the whole work will be ^3. \2s. 

 net ; payable in six instalments of i 2^-. net each, one instalment 

 becoming due on publication of each of the volumes. 



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