The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c7.s1.37

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The monumental class of archaeological evidence, considered by itself and apart from the inscriptions on the walls of buildings, while it offers little direct contribution to the materials for political history, is of high illustrative value, and greatly helps the student in realizing the power and magnificence of some of the ancient dynasties. The stratification or orderly succession of the layers of ruined buildings, when systematically observed, as it has been by Sir J. H. Marshall, may be made to yield conclusive testimony concerning the relative dates of dynasties and stages of civilization.