Ancient India:

by Vincent Arthur Smith

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The first chapter deals with the early portion of Indian
History, and so the title ' Ancient India ' has been given
to the book. The other chapters deal with a variety of
subjects, and are based on lectures given on different
occasions. One was originally prepared as my thesis for the
M.A. Degree Examination of the University of Madras.

The favorable reception given to my early work by
historical and oriental scholars encouraged me to put my
researches into a more permanent form, which a liberal
grant from the Madras School Book and Literature Society
has enabled me to do.

201 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 4, 2014

About the author

Vincent Arthur Smith CIE (3 June 1843 – 6 February 1920) was an Irish Indologist, historian, member of the Indian Civil Service, and curator. He was one of the prominent figures in Indian historiography during the British Raj.

In the 1890s, he was key to exposing the forgeries of Alois Anton Führer, then working for the Archaeological Survey of India, who Smith caught in the act of making fake inscriptions.