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name, whom we know to have been contemporaneous with Mahasenagupta, seems more probable.
Not the least valuable part of the contents of this volume are the numerous comments on the geographical information supplied in the records quoted;" and it is a matter of regret that of the five maps entered in the table of Contents (p. xvi), only one, viz., that of "Bharatavarsha" appears in the volume before us. As regards this map we are not told what specific period, if any, it refers to. In any case, the positions assigned to the Nisadas, S. Kosala. Kamboja, and the Riksa mountains seem to call for some explanation. On the other hand, the geographical information given in the text is extensive, and often suggestive, and it indicates that much attention has been devoted to this important auxiliary to ancient Indian historical research. The indexes, both bibliographical and general. have been very well prepared.
PROFESSOR A. BERRIEDALE KEITH, EDINBURGH.-I have read through the work and find it to contain much that is valuable. The author has arrived at clearly cut opinions on many of the chief difficulties in the history of early India; he has formulated them effectively, and as a result, even when they do not commend themselves as final solutions, they will serve to promote the discussion and to facilitate further fruitful research. He observes a due sense of proportion and is well read in the literature. The work accordingly may justly he deemed a most valuable contribution to the subject-matter of which
it treats.
PROFESSOR WILH GEIGER, MUNCHEN-NEUBIBERG, GERMANY.-I highly appreciate Mr. Ray Chaudhuri's work as a most happy combination of sound scientific method and enormous knowledge of both Brahmanical and non-Brahmanical literature. The work is written in lucid style in spite of its intricate subject and affords a mass of valuable evidence, throwing much light on the whole period of Indian History dealt in it. I see with special pleasure and satisfaction that we now are enabled by the author's penetrating researches to start in Indian chronology from the 9th instead of the 6th or 5th century. B. C.
PROFESSOR JACKSON, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK. I can see the scholarly research which you have put into the volume, and am glad to have such a work for future reference in my historical studies.
1 No Maukhari king of that name is known (H. C. R. C.).
