History of India: Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental

About the Book : The aim of this series of volumes is to present a continuous narrative of the history of India from the dim ages of the past down to the present time, combining into an organic whole a succession of standard works by recognized authorities, each a master of the special period with which he deals, thus providing a complete picture of the development of the country. This series of volumes deal with the following topics, namely, Vol-1 From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century, B. C., Vol-2 From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest, Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great, Vol-3 Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the reign of Akber the Great, Vol-4 From the Reign of Akbar the Great to the Fall of the Moghul Empire, Vol-5 The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians, Vol-6 From the first European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company, Vol-7- The European Struggle for Indian Supremacy in the Seventeenth Century, Vol-8- From the Close of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Time, Vol-9 Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Occidental. SUBJECT:History About The Author : Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson was an American specialist on Indo-European languages. He was well known as a lecturer on English literature and the Orient. In 1901, during a visit to India and Ceylon, he received special attention from the Parsees, who presented to Columbia a valuable collection of Zoroastrian manuscripts in recognition of the instruction there given by him in their ancient texts. In 1903 he made a second journey to the Orient, this time visiting Iran. He also visited Central Asia sometime before 1918.