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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION The Political History of Ancient India now arrives at a third edition. An endeavour has been made to make it more accurate and up-to-date. Questions connected with certain dynasties, particularly of the Scythian period, have been treated afresh and several paragraphs have been revised in the light of the new information that may be gathered from literature as wellas inscriptions discovered at Shahdaur, Maira, Khalatse, Nāgārjunikonda, Guņāigbara and other places. Footnotes and appendices have been added to explain the author's view point with regard to certain controtersial matters. A new feature of the revised edition is the insertion in certain chapters, particularly of Part II, of introductory verses from literature to bring out some salient features of those chapters and, incidentally, to show that poets and sages of Ancient India were not altogether unmindful of the political vicissitudes through which their country passed. The author craves the indul. gence of the reader for certain misprints that have crept into the text. The labour of revising the Indexes has been performed by Srijuts D. C. Raychaudburi, G. C. Raychaudhuri and Anilkumar Raychaudhuri.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
December 13, 1931.
H. C. R.C.
