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compilation. This must sufficiently account for all defects of composition or arrangement, I do not profess to pass any of the views herein set forth purely as my own* I do not claim any originality or excellence to these pages. The scheme of oriental research as perfected by the learned scholars of Europe has been the cause of all progress in the literary history of India. I have endeavoured to summarise within a small compass the results of the latest fpquiries into Indian studies. If any credit is due to this work, it is because at its foundation lie the admirable fruits of Indian scholarship. Most important of all, I express my sincere indebtedness to my own countrymen R. C. Dutt, Bhandarkar and R, L. Mitra for their grand contributions to the history of Indian civilization. My thanks are due to the Proprietor of the Vaijayanti Press for his sincere interest in the success of my labours. With the strong hope, then, that the matter will be better appreciated than the manner, I venture to present the book to the judgment of the literary world.
TRIPLICATE,
Oct. 1906
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M. KRISHNAMACBARYA.