A comprehensive and critical account of Ancient Indian historical literature has yet to be written. In the first part of the present work bearing the title Studies in Ancient Indian Historiography this gap has been sought to be filled in to some extent by a thorough examination of its five most important landmarks represented by the Vedic genealogical lists and compositions on legendary history as well as historical narratives properly so called, the early lives or legends of the Buddha, the historical traditions in the Purnas and the two leading royal and dynastic chronicles composed by Bana and Kalhana in the seventh and twelfth centuries of the Christian era respectively. In so far as the divisions of Indian history are concerned, both Indian and foreign authors have differed widely in their opinions. A fundamental problem of Indian history, again, resulting from the periodical weakening of India's vital spirit and institutions has been sought to be tentatively solved by our thinkers in past and as well as present times. both these points have been dealt with critically in the second part of my work to which I have given the title Generalities. The subject of Ancient Indian Polity has engaged the serious attention of scholars more specially in recent years. In the third part of this work called Studies in Ancient Indian Polity the author has discussed the problems arising from predecessors' treatment of the general characteristics and tendenmattcies of Ancient Indian States and governments, the political and constitutional significance of the Vedic ceremonies of royal and imperial consecration, the political institutions of the Vedic Aryans, the Ancient Indian republican and mixed constitutions.