GENERAL INDEX TO THE REPORTS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOLUMES I TO XXIII

About the book:-The author had made an elaborate attempt to compile the reports of the ASI an authentic manner. Everyone who has had occasion to consult the Reports, published under the superintendent of Major General Sir A Cunningham, must have felt the want of a general index to the long series of 23 volumes. It contains a vast mass of valuable information, but it is presented in such an undigested form that much of it is practically inaccessible. Each volume is certainly provided with an index, but theses indices are, with two exceptions, extremely meagre, and of very little service. The compiler undertook the task of compiling an adequate general index, and have now completed it to the best of his ability. No index of reasonable size could give references to every proper name mentioned, or every topic discussed in the Reports but the compiler has endeavoured, so far as his limited knowledge of Archaeology would permit, to include in his index, every name or subject which an archaeologist would be likely to look for, and to give each entry in the form of or forms most likely to be convenient. Names in dynastic lists about which nothing is known, except their occurrences in such lists will not usually he found in the index. They must be looked for by means of the references to the dynasties concerned. Some of the more headings such as that of coins bring together in a compendious form, a large number of facts which were of little interest of value when scattered through 23 volumes. The classification of entries under such headings has cost him much thought and labour, which will, it is hoped, by justified by the result. This book is immensely good for researchers. About the author:-Vincent Arthur Smith, CIE, (1843–1920) was an Irish Indologist and art historian and an Indologist. He is also referred as Vincent Smith. He passed the Indian Civil Services exam in 1871 and was appointed to what would become the United Provinces in India. He would go to serve between 1871–1900 in a variety of magisterial and executive positions including terms as district and sessions judge eventually retiring as commissioner in July 1900. By 1910 he was settled in Oxford where he joined St. John's College and was appointed a Curator of the Indian Institute. After his return to England, Smith wrote books on various rulers such as the Buddhist emperor, Ashoka and the Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a history of fine arts in India and Ceylon. He also published two comprehensive volumes on Indian history, The Early History of India and The Oxford History of India. The Title 'GENERAL INDEX TO THE REPORTS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOLUMES I TO XXIII written/authored/edited by VINCENT ARTHUR SMITH', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121227155 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 240 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 17.78 x 24.13 cms Vol:-