About the book:-The author has described that in this rare work a first attempt has been made to describe ancient India, during the period of Buddhist ascendancy, from the point of view, not so much of the Brahmin, as of the Rajput. The two points of view naturally differ very much. Priest and noble in India have always worked very well together so long as the question at issue did not touch their own rival claims as against one another. When it did — and it did so especially during the period referred to — the harmony, as will be evident from the following pages, was not so great. Even to make this attempt at all may be regarded by some as a kind of its majesty. The Brahmin view, in possession of the field when Europeans entered India, has been regarded so long with reverence among us that it seems almost an impertinence now, to put forward the other. “Why not leave well alone? Why resuscitate from the well-deserved oblivion in which, for so many centuries, they have happily lain, the pestilent views of these tiresome people? The puzzles of Indian history have been solved by respectable men in Manu and the Great Bharata, which have the advantage of being equally true for five centuries before Christ and five centuries after. Another point of a similar kind, which ought not in this connection to be left unnoticed, is the prevalent pessimistic idea with regard to historical research in India. There are not only wanting in India such books giving consecutive accounts of the history as we are accustomed to in Europe, but even the names and dates of the principal kings, and battles, and authors, have not been preserved in the literature — that is, of course, in the Brahmin literature which is all that has hitherto been available to the student. About the Author :-Thomas William Rhys Davids FBA (1843 – 1922) was an English scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pāli Text Society. He took an active part in founding the British Academy and London School for Oriental Studies. In 1863 he returned to Britain, and on passing his civil service exams was posted to Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon). He then studied for the bar and briefly practised law, though he continued to publish articles about Sri Lankan inscriptions and translations, notably in Max Müller's monumental Sacred Books of the East. From 1882 to 1904 he was Professor of Pāli at the University of London, a post which carried no fixed salary other than lecture fees. The Title 'THE STORY OF THE NATIONS BUDDHIST INDIA written/authored/edited by T. W. RHYS DAVIDS', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121224574 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 360 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
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