The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c5.s1: A. Inscriptions, Coins and Contemporary Reports or Chronicles
The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c5.s1
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A. Inscriptions, Coins and Contemporary Reports or Chronicles
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*Archaeological Survey of India*, Vols IV and VI. *Ibid, Annual Reports*, 1903—04, 1904—05, 1907—09, 1911—12. Arrian (c A. C. 130), Curtius (c 200), Diodorus (c 50), Plutarch (c 100), Justin (c 400) in J. W. Mc Crindle's *Invasion of India by Alexander*, London, 1896. Bâṇa (c 620): *Harṣa-charita*, semi-historical biography dealing with Upper India, Eng. trans. by E. B. Cowell, London, 1897. Bilhaṇa (twelfth century): *Vikramânka-charita*, semi-historical biography dealing with the Deccan and Southern India (*Bombay Sanskrit Series*) 1875. *Coins of Ancient India* by A. Cunningham, London, 1891. Cosmas (c 525): *The Christian Topography*, Eng. trans. by Mc Crindle, London, 1897. *Epigraphia Indica*, 1896—97, 1905—06. *Epigraphia Zeylanica*, Vols I and II. *Epigraphist's Report* for 1900 and 1916. Fa Hien: *Fo-kuo-ki* (Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms, A. C. 399—414) Eng. trans. by S. Beal, Boston, 1885. ,, Eng. trans. by Legge, Oxford, 1886. *Gauda-lekha-mâlâ* (Inscriptions of the Pâla Dynasty, *c* 750—1150) edited in Bengali by Akshaya Kumar Maitra for the Varendra Research Society, Rajsahi, Bengal, 1912. *Gupta Inscriptions* (c 350—550) ed. by Fleet for the *Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Series*; Calcutta, 1888. Hiuen Thsang: *Si-yu-ki* (Record of the Western World, A. C. 629—645), Eng. trans. by Beal, London, 1885. *Hiuen Thsiang* (Chinese biography of Hiuen Thsang), Eng. trans. by Beal, London, 1888. *Indian Antiquary*, 1888, 1905—06, 1909. *Indian Coins* by E. J. Rapson in the *Grundriß der ind-arischen Philologie*, Strassburg, 1897. *Inscriptions of Asoka* (B. C. 257—240) ed. and trans. by Cunningham for the *Corp. Insc. Ind.*, Calcutta, 1877. *Ibid*, Eng. trans., in V. A. Smith's *Asoka*, Oxford. Itsing: *Record of the Buddhist Religion* (671—695), Eng. trans. by J. Takakusu, Oxford, 1896. Kalhaṇa (twelfth century): *Râja-tarangiṇî*, chronicle of Kashmir, Eng. trans. by M. A. Stein, 2 vols, London, 1900. *Madras Epigraphy, Annual Report*, 1898—99, 1910—11.
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*Mahâvamso* (*c* 550), chronicle of Ceylon, Eng. trans. by Turnour, Ceylon, 1837. Megasthenes' *Indika* (B. C. 302), Arrian's *Indika* (second century) in Mc Crindle's *Ancient India* London, 1877. *The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea* (Travel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by an Egyptian Greek merchant of the first century), Eng. trans. by W. H. Schoff, London, 1912. Pliny the Elder (23—79): *Natural History*, trans. by Bostock and Riley, London, 1855—57. Plutarch (first century): *Life of Alexander*, Langhorne's trans. *Prâchîn Mudrâ* (Ancient Coins) in Bengali, Vol. I, by R. D. Banerji, Calcutta 1915. Ptolemaeus (*c*. A. C. 140): *Geography* (chapters on India and Central and Eastern Asia), Mc Crindle's trans. London, 1885. Sandhyâkara Nandî (twelfth century): *Râma-charita*, semi-historical poem dealing with Bengal and Eastern India (*Memoir of the Asiatic Society of Bengal*, Vol. III, no i), Calcutta, 1910. *South Indian Inscriptions* (*c* 900—1200), ed. by Hultzsch, Vols II and III.