“In the scarcity of authentic materials for the ancient, and even for the modern history of the Hindu race, importance is justly attached to all genuine monuments, and especially inscriptions on stone and metal, which are occasionally discovered through various accidents. If these be carefully preserved and diligently examined, and the facts ascertained from them be judiciously employed towards elucidating the scattered information, which can be yet collected from the remains of Indian literature, a satisfactory progress may be finally made in investigating the History of the Hindus. That the dynasties of princes who have reigned paramount in India, or the line of Chieftains who have ruled over particular tracts, will be verified, or that the events of war or the effects of policy, during a series of ages, will be developed, is an expectation which I neither entertain, nor wish to excite. But the state of manners, and the prevalence of particular doctrines, at different periods, may be deduced from a diligent perusal of the writings of authors whose age is ascertained and the contrast of different results, of various and distinct periods, may furnish a distinct outline of the progress of opinions. A brief history of the nation itself, rather than of its government, will thus be sketched; but if unable to revive the memory of great political events, we may at least be content to know what has been the state of arts, of sciences, of manners, in remote ages, among this very ancient and early civilized people.”—H. T. Colebrooke.
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