History of Civilisation in Ancient India

First Published in 2000. This title is Volume 4 in the 11-volume series titled India: History, Economy and Society, one of the Trüber's Oriental Series. This title tackles the great task of compiling, for the first time, a connected and clear history of the Ancient Hindus. The first chapters on the Vedic Age were commenced in April 1887, the last chapters on the Puranic Age have been revised in March 1890. The entire edition of a thousand copies has been nearly exhausted for this collection. PREFACE, BOOK IV. BUDDHIST PERIOD, B.C. 320 TO A.D. 500, I. CHANDRAGUPTA AND ASOKA THE GREAT, II. LANGUAGE AND ALPHABET, III. THE KINGS OF MAGADHA, IV. KASHMIR AND GUJRAT, V. GUPTA KINGS, VI. FA HIAN'S ACCOUNT OF INDIA, VII. BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE, VIII. CASTE, IX. SOCIAL LIFE, X. ADMINISTRATION, XI. LAWS, XII. ASTRONOMY AND LEARNING, BOOK V. PURANIC PERIOD, A.D. 500 TO 1000, I. VIKRAMADITYA THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS, II. HOUEN TSANG'S ACCOUNT OF INDIA, III. THE VALABHIS AND THE RAJPUTS, IV. BENGAL AND ORISSA, V. KASHMIR AND SOUTHER)l INDIA, VI. RELIGION, VII. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE, VIII. CASTE, IX. HINDU ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE, X. ASTRONOMY, ALGEBRA, AND ARITHMETIC, XI. MEDICINE, XII. DRAMA, XIII. POETRY, XIV. FICTION, XV. CLOSE OF THE ANCIENT AGE, XVI. COMMENCEMENT OF THE MODERN AGE, INDEX