The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c3.8

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The preparation of vol. ii, which will deal with the period from the downfall of the Çaka and Pahlava empire in the middle of the first century a.d. to the Muhammadan conquests, is attended with unusual difficulties, caused partly by the vast extent and partly by the fragmentary character of the historical records; but it is at least to be hoped that its appearance may not be delayed by disasters such as that which has impeded the publication of vol. i.