TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Aryan Languages of Northern India ; Sanskrit , .
The Prakrits or Ancient Aryan Vernaculars, ....
The Modern Vernaculars evolved from the Ancient Prakrits, .Sanskrit , Prakrit , and Non-Aryan Elements in ModernVernaculars, .........
The Seven Modern Vernaculars, ......
The Modern Vernaculars; their Literature and Authors,Hindi , its Historical Development and Chief Authors, .Marathi , its Historical Development and Chief Authors,Bengali , its Historical Development and Chief Authors,
CHAPTER XIV.
EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS (1498 TO 18TH CENTURY
Vasco da Gama ’s Expedition (1498), .....
Portuguese Voyages and Supremacy in the East; Albu querque and his Successors, ......
Downfall of the Portuguese ; their Possessions in 1881, 1891,The Portuguese in Modern India , .....
The Dutch in India (1602-1824),.
Their Brilliant Progress, but Short-sighted Policy,.
Fall of the Dutch Power ; Dutch Relics in India , .
Early English Adventurers (1496-1596), . . . .
English East India Companies, ......
Early English Voyages (1600-1612), . . . . .
Naval Fights with the Portuguese ; Swally (1615),
Wars with the Dutch ; Massacre of Amboyna,
Early English Factories; Surat , Masulipatam , Hugh',
Madras Founded (1639); Bombay Ceded (1661),
Other European East India Companies, ....Comparative Table of Europeans in British India,
CHAPTER XV.
HISTORY OF BRITISH RULE (l 75 7 TO 1885 A.D.).
First British Territorial Possessions,.
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