History of India in Nine Volumes: Vol. I - From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century B.C.: 1

First published in 1906 this classic nine-volume history of the nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity alongside Egypt China and Mesopotamia. Edited by American academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862-1937) professor of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University it offers a highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through to the time of its publication when the nation was still part of the British Empire. Volume I From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century B.C. by Bengali historian ROMESH CHUNDER DUTT (1848-1909) features entertaining and enlightening treatments of: - ancient India and the Rig-Veda - the Indo-Aryans and their literature - food and art in the Vedic age - the Brahmanic period and literature - the Mahabharata - the Ramayana - law astronomy and learning - the religious doctrines of the Upanishads - caste in the age of laws and philosophy - Buddhist sacred literature - life of Gautama Buddha - and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906 first edition includes all the original illustrations.