PREFACE, BOOK IV. BUDDHIST PERIOD, B.C. 320 TO A.D. 500, I. CHANDRAGUPTA AND ASOKA THE GREAT, II. LANGUAGE AND ALPHABET, III. THE KINGS OF MAGADHA, IV. KASHMIR AND GUJRAT, V. GUPTA KINGS, VI. FA HIAN'S ACCOUNT OF INDIA, VII. BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE, VIII. CASTE, IX. SOCIAL LIFE, X. ADMINISTRATION, XI. LAWS, XII. ASTRONOMY AND LEARNING, BOOK V. PURANIC PERIOD, A.D. 500 TO 1000, I. VIKRAMADITYA THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS, II. HOUEN TSANG'S ACCOUNT OF INDIA, III. THE VALABHIS AND THE RAJPUTS, IV. BENGAL AND ORISSA, V. KASHMIR AND SOUTHER)l INDIA, VI. RELIGION, VII. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE, VIII. CASTE, IX. HINDU ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE, X. ASTRONOMY, ALGEBRA, AND ARITHMETIC, XI. MEDICINE, XII. DRAMA, XIII. POETRY, XIV. FICTION, XV. CLOSE OF THE ANCIENT AGE, XVI. COMMENCEMENT OF THE MODERN AGE, INDEX