Excerpt from History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayIn tracing, however rapidly, the history of so many centuries, the Author has availed himself of all the latest sources of information, many of which are pointed out in the footnotes. In no part of the book has he been content to follow slavishly in the wake of former historians and essayists. His treatment of Warren Hastings, for example.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.