THE HISTORY OF INDIA, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE CLOSE OF BY JOHN CLARK MARSHMAN. VOL. I. LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, READER & DYER 1867. [The right of Translation is reserved.] Heller 5-13-35 813074 3v. The compilation of this work was undertaken at the request of the University of Calcutta, to assist the studies of those who were desirous of competing for its honours. The author has been encouraged to publish an edition in this country on the kind assurance of friends, that it may also be found useful by those who are in search of a brief and compendious narrative of the progress of the British empire in India. So far as historical truth can be discovered, he is prepared to vouch for the accuracy of the facts detailed in it, and he is not without a hope that his efforts to present an impartial and trustworthy opinion on the various transactions which have been the subject and the sport of party-feeling, may be found not altogether unsuccessful. January 1st, 1867 |