The History Of India: As Told By Its Own Historians (Set Of 8 Books)

The History of India (In 8 volumes) is based on the earliest Information which Europe derived from the writings of the Arab geographers on India and the lands adjacent.

Sir H M Elliot Introduced a long note: “India as known to Arabs during the First Four Centuries of the Hijri Era”, and under this heading he collected nearly all the material then within the reach of the Europeans.

The great objects of these volumes are those which most nearly touch the Inner life of civilized men, namely the vicissitudes of Institutions, social life, politics and religion.

In that sense, these eight volumes represent the genuine and authentic historical enquiry into the Muhammadan rule in India.

In Indian histories, there is little which enables us to penetrate below the glittering surface, and obscure the practical operation of a despotic government and rigorous and sanguinary laws, and the effect upon the great body of the nation of these injurious influences and agencies.

The intrinsic value of these works still yields much that is worth observation to anyone who will attentively examine them. These volumes will serve to dispel the mists of ignorance by which the knowledge of India is too much obscured, and show that the history of the Muhammadan period remains yet to be written.

It may be that valuable writings still remain undiscovered, but until they are brought to light, these volumes will serve not simply as a store of original information but as an indispensable guide to the source from which critical and diligent Investigation may seek for help and enlightenment upon obscure and doubtful matter. These eight volumes bring down the complete history of the Muhammadan empire in India to the close.