Excerpt from The History of India, Vol. 1
Chalukyas of calinga; kings of Andra; Orissa; Maharashtra or Maratta Country; Tagara; Salivahana; Deogiri; On The Age of Menu and of the Vedas. Age of the Vedas; Age of the Code or Institutes; On Changes in Cast. Dobts regarding the Foreign Descent of any of the Rajput Tribes; Scythian Settlers in India; On the Greek Accounts of India. India bounded on the West by the Indus; Indians to the West of that River; Greek Descriptions of India; Authorities for those Descriptions; Division into Classes; Sanyassis; Sudras; Absence of Slavery; Number and Extent of the different States; Manners and Customs; Favourable Opinion entertained by the Greeks of the Indian Character; On the Greek Kingdom of Bactria. Accounts of the Ancients; Further Discoveries from Coins; Notes on The Revenue System
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