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The present trentise consists of five chapters aling with Geography, Kings and people, ninl Life and Ironomic Conditions, Rigivi, und Wucation and warning of Jambulviju Inclia). It is based on lille curly texts of the Buddhists and Jis written in Pali and Ardha-Māyarthi. In my treatment, I have 1100 ignore the evidence of Brahmaninal literature, and wherever I have ned it, I have lone so with a view to clarify the relevant points. I have not faileil to inake nise also of molern 'terature on the subject inclurling my own vublications. The sources utiliser have been roperly mentioned in the body as well as in de faatustes
I have endeavoured to draw a picture of ndia with spocial reference to her peoples. he scheme allopteil by mo is in many respects fferent from that followed by Rhys Davills in si Buddhist Indile, and the treatnient oven of mmon topics is fuller in the sense that I have I along taken into account the collateral vi. .ence of the Jain Ayan. In Chapter 1, an 40, - geography of India hils been
h the help of a first-hanul Htudy of
textual evidenceng boarding uign
