CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE DYNASTIES BEFORE ALEXANDER III. ALEXANDER'S INDIAN CAMPAIGN : THE ADVANCE IV. ALEXANDER'S INDIAN CAMPAIGN : THE RETREAT V. CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA AND BINDUSARA VI. ASOKA MAURYA VII. ASOKA MAURYA AND HIS SUCCESSORS VIII. THE SUNGA, KANVA, AND ANDHRA DYNASTIES IX. THE INDO- GREEK AND INDO- PARTHIAN DYNASTIES X. THE KUSHAN OR INDO-SCYTHIAN DYNASTY XI. THE GUPTA EMPIRE AND THE WESTERN SATRAPS : CHANDRA-GUPTA I TO KUMARAGUPTA I XII. THE GUPTA EMPIRE AND THE WHITE HUNS XIII. THE REIGN OF HARSHA XIV. THE MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS OF THE NORTH XV. THE KINGDOMS OF THE DECCAN XVI. THE KINGDOMS OF THE SOUTH