It is needless to say that during the last century much advance has been made in our knowledge of Indian history, antiquities, philology, and sociology. We are now in a position to use improved translations of many authorities which were quoted by the Author from inadequate or incorrect versions. The translation of _Ferishta’s History_ by A. Dow and Jonathan Scott has been superseded by that of General J. Briggs, that of the _Āīn-i-Akbarī_ of F. Gladwin by the version by Professor H. Blochmann and Colonel H. S. Jarrett. For the _Memoirs of Jahāngīr_, the Author relied on the imperfect version by Major David Price, which has been replaced by a new translation of the text in its more complete form by Messrs. A. Rogers and H. Beveridge. For the _Laws of Manu_ we have the translation by Dr. G. Bühler. The passages in classical literature relating to India have been collected, translated, and annotated by the late Mr. J. W. McCrindle. Much information not available for the Author’s use has been provided by _The History of India as told by its own Historians_, by Sir H. M. Elliot and Professor J. Dowson, and by Mr. W. Irvine’s translation, with elaborate notes, of N. Manucci’s _Storia do Magor_. Among original works useful for the present edition the following may be mentioned: J. Grant Duff’s _History of the Mahrattas_; Dr. Vincent A. Smith’s _Early History of India_, _History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon_, _Asoka, the Buddhist Emperor of India_, and _Akbar, the Great Mogul_; Professor Jadunath Sarkar’s _History of Aurangzib_, of which only three volumes have been published; Mr. W. Irvine’s _Army of the Indian Moghuls_; Sir W. Lee-Warner’s _Protected Princes of India_.