There is no single volume of moderate size, containing such information as is necessary for the reader, regarding the careers and doings of the large number of persons connected with India, in history, by their exploits, services and writings. The object of this Dictionary of Indian Biography is to supply this want. It purports to be a handy work of reference, giving the main facts of the lives of about 2600 persons - English, Indian, Foreign, men or women, ...
