The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the What is the directory structure for the texts? FAQ for information about file content and naming conventions., I. From the earliest times to the sixth century B.C. / R.C. Dutt -- II. From the sixth century B.C. to the Mohammedan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great / V.A. Smith -- III. Mediæval India from the Mohammedan conquest to the reign of Akbar the Great / S. Lane-Poole -- IV. From the reign of Akbar the Great to the fall of the Moghul Empire / S. Lane-Poole -- V. The Mohammedan period as described by its own historians / Sir H.M. Elliot -- VI. From the first European settlements to the founding of the English East India Company / Sir W.W. Hunter -- VII. The European struggle for Indian supremacy in the seventeenth century / Sir W.W. Hunter -- VIII. From the close of the seventeenth century to the present time / Sir A.C. Lyall -- IX. Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental and occidental / A.V.W. Jackson