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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 ...
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nPHE of followed in the work is
plan arrangement present
"
that of Clinton's of thegenerally Fynes Epitome
of Greece and with such modifications asRome,"Chronologies
the nature of the has made The book consists,subject necessary.
of a table of events in order. Thetherefore, chronological
date the B.C. or A.D. Ifrepresents year only approxi-marginal
mate it is in italics. Where a date for an event exists
printed
in a native era it is the side of itsprinted by equivalent marginal
the source from which it is whether numismaticdate, drawn,
or as a indicated.rule/being,epigraphical,
As. the classification of the the work followsentries,regards
Clinton's method in first the civil and then thegiving literary
dates. When several events occur under the same date, they
are to their relativeroughly grouped according importance.
Events in Northern India take of thoseprecedence generally
in Southern India.
Each is references to the sources from
entry accompanied by
which it is save in the case of well-established andderived,
facts. To facilitate matters for thoseverifiableeasily engaged
216708 PREFACE.VI
research references to arein inscriptions speciallyepigraphical
in the first line of annoted. If an isinscription quoted entry
as for the the first referencedate, usuallyauthority marginal
To avoid undueindicates the latest edition of that inscription.
of the of a workreferences, containingmultiplication quotation
has been taken as tothe of abibliography subject equivalent
the references it contains.enumerating
to as far as ascer-The aim of the book being give, possible,
aresuch as can be fixedtained dates, only very indefinitely
whose reliable dates areexcluded. In the case of onlykings
no hasdrawn from or numismatic sources,epigraphical attempt
save in rare to calculate thebeen made, exceptions, approximate
This method excludes fromof their reigns. necessarilylength
those members of a of whom no dated recordsthe Tables dynasty
their names are in theexist. however,As, supplied Dynastic
Inthe it will be to refer to them.Lists in quite easyAppendix
absolute is attainable. Ona work like this consistency hardly
thethe book will be found to follow linesthe whole, however,
some circumstance.deviationsindicated, being justified by special
ofWith to the Muhammadan theportion Chronology,regard
histories edited Sir Elliot and Professorthe Persian Henryby
British Museum CointheDowson, supplemented by Catalogues
of Cliveand the works Price,Elphinstone, Briggs, Bayley,
and have a deal of material.others,Blochmann, supplied great
which the most dataThe work however,has, trustworthyyielded
of Muhammadan rule in India and thefor the earlier period
on its North-Western frontier iscountries Major Raverty's
