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	Publisher: Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi
	Author J. Talboys Wheeler
	Language: English
	Pages: 271
	Cover: HARDCOVER
	9x6 inch
	Weight 550 gm
	Edition: 2024
	ISBN: 9789362088949
	HBX063

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About the Book "Tales from Indian History: Being the Annals of India Retold in Narratives" by James Talboys Wheeler, published in 1881, is a collection of stories and historical accounts covering India's history from ancient times to the end of the Mughal Empire. The book, written by a British historian and civil servant with expertise in Indian history, explores various periods and themes, including the Vedic age, Mauryan Empire, Gupta period, Delhi Sultanate, and Mughal Empire. Divided into chapters, each offers engaging anecdotes, providing a vivid portrayal of India's historical characters and events.

About the Author James Talboys Wheeler (1824-1897) was a British Raj bureaucrat-historian. Appointed professor at Madras Presidency College in 1858, he delved into Hindu customs. Wheeler became a "bureaucrat-historian," producing works like "Madras in the Olden Time" (1861) based on government records. He held positions in Madras and Calcutta, creating reports and the four-volume "History of India" (1867-1881).

Preface THE present work is a history of India in the form of tales or narratives, just as the history of Scotland is told in Sir Walter Scott's "Tales of a Grandfather." But it is not con-fined to mere history. It also tells the adventures of Indian heroes and heroines in legends of love and war; describes the village communities of India, their organisations and self-government; delineates the results of caste, infant marriages, and other Hindu institutions and usages, as seen in the family and social life of the people in villages and towns,. as well as in courts and palaces. It also explains the circum-stances under which the British government has been compelled at times to interfere in Native principalities, or has been forced to annex territories like the Punjab and Burma. It traces the development of political relations between the British government and Native states; and has something to say of the foreign relations with Persia, Russia, Turkey and China. The last chapter touches on the future prospects of India; the probable results of state education and increased communications with Europe and closer association with Englishmen; and the possibility, if any, of introducing representative governments in India at some future time. The work throughout has been written for the people of India, as well as for those of the British Isles. Twenty: years ago the author taught the history of India to the higher classes of native students in the Madras Presidency College; and since then he has had large experiences of political affairs in the Secretariats both of India and British Burma. Consequently he is not only aware of what the rising generation of Hindus are anxious to be taught, but what it is desirable that they should know; whilst he has enjoyed special opportunities of acquiring the necessary knowledge, beyond what is available in libraries or record rooms. In spite, however, of the authority of Sir Walter Scott's "Tales of a Grandfather," the present title of "Tales from Indian History" may be in some respects a misnomer. It possesses, however, the advantage of explaining that the work is meant to be interesting as well as instructive, whilst telling such facts as every Englishman ought to know about India, and which have hitherto been spread over bulky and voluminous publications, and in many instances have not been published at all.

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