A Topographical List of the Inscriptions of the Madras Presi.
dency. With Notes and References by V. Rangacharya. 3 vols. (Madras : Government Press. 19s. 6d.)—For this scholarly piece of work students of Indian history, who have to depend so much on the evidence of inscriptions, will be grateful to Mr. Rhngacharya, who is the Assistant Professor of History in the Presidency College at Madras. He has collected and summarized no fewer than twelve thousand inscriptions, arranged under districts, annotated, and elaborately indexed. Each entry refers to the official or unofficial publication in which the text of the inscription may be found. In these hard times it is fitting also to commend the cheapness of these three large octavo volumes, well printed and strongly bound in cloth. Whatever sins may be laid to the charge of the Indian Government, its archa?ological and printing departments are wonderfully efficient.
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