The History Of India From The Earliest Ages Vol 1 Classic Reprint

Author : Thomas Keightley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334004711
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book A History of India written by Thomas Keightley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day The historic literature of our Indian Empire is very creditable to the servants of the Company. It commences, as is well known, with the History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, of Orme, the Thucydides, as we may style him, of our Indian Empire for, like the illustrious Athenian, he has narrated with fulness, candour, and impartiality, the struggle for dominion of two potent nations and viewing the affairs of Bengal as episodic, his work, though unfinished, possesses an epic unity. The style is remarkably clear, and not devoid of picturesqueness and animation and as to the objection that has been made, of his being too minute, I very much doubt if that be a fault, in one who has to furnish materials for all future writers on the same subject. Certain I am, that without reading Orme's work, we, shall never fully understand the mode in which the foundations 'of our wonderful empire in India were laid. It ought to be esteemed one of the classics of our language, and the species of oblivion into which it appears to have fallen is a discredit to our nation. I think, however, that if a new edition of it were published, in the octavo form, with notes by a competent person-mr. Wilson, for example, -and lithographed copies of the excellent plans which it contains, it saahld find many readers and purchasers. After Orme's History may be mentioned the various historical writings of Wilks, Duff, Malcolm, Todd, and many others, all of which are extremely valuable. It were greatly to be wished that Mr. Wilson, instead of writing notes to, and continuing the History of Mill, had become himself the historian of our Indian Empire. I know no one so well qualified to write that history in all its fulness, with all the detail which would leave nothing to be desired for though Thornton's has many merits, and is written with much impartiality, it is rather a popular history, and the author avoids going much into detail, contenting himself with general views. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.