The chronology of India, from the earliest times to the beginning os the sixteenth century

LIBRARYOF THEUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.ClassTHE CHRONOLOGY OF INDIA.THE CHRONOLOGYOF INDIAEARLIEST TIMESFROM THETO THE BEGINNING OF THECENTURYSIXTEENTHC. MABEL DUFFW. 11.(MRS. RICKMERS)N'VBCF "HEUNIVERSITYOFWestminsterARCHIBALD & CO.CONSTABLEWHITEHALL GARDENS2,1899STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS,HERTFORD.PRINTERS,PREFACE.nPHE of followed in the work isplan arrangement present"that of Clinton's of thegenerally Fynes Epitomeof Greece and with such modifications asRome,"Chronologiesthe nature of the has made The book consists,subject necessary.of a table of events in order. Thetherefore, chronologicaldate the B.C. or A.D. Ifrepresents year only approxi-marginalmate it is in italics. Where a date for an event existsprintedin a native era it is the side of itsprinted by equivalent marginalthe source from which it is whether numismaticdate, drawn,or as a indicated.rule/being,epigraphical,As. the classification of the the work followsentries,regardsClinton's method in first the civil and then thegiving literarydates. When several events occur under the same date, theyare to their relativeroughly grouped according importance.Events in Northern India take of thoseprecedence generallyin Southern India.Each is references to the sources fromentry accompanied bywhich it is save in the case of well-established andderived,facts. To facilitate matters for thoseverifiableeasily engaged216708PREFACE.VIresearch references to arein inscriptions ...