This book is for anyone interested in Indian history. It looks at its history from the Stone Age up to the present. There is information on dynasties, art, culture, economy and religion. The Mauryas, Kushanas, Guptas, Cholas, Marathas, Sikhs, Mughals, Tipu Sultan, the British, independent India, the constitution, and much more is included in this. A bibliography provides for further reading.
Another book by C W Leadbeater, the Theosophist who discovered J Krishnamurti in 1909 and believed he was the messiah. He wrote The Lives of Alcyone on Krishnamurti’s previous lives. Star names were given to many adepts of the past, and Orion was one such name. This book is the third in the series The Soul’s Growth through Reincarnation. Orion’s lives were investigated in 1907, before Krishnamurti was discovered. But he had a place in the Lives of Alcyone too.
Were these invented stories? Quite likely, but still intriguing.
Roshen Dalal 