This volume contains characteristic narratives of non-Buddhist Indians, both in form and content. The selected texts portray Indians as they truly are, with their virtues and flaws, and include a wealth of cultural and historical material. The translation aims to be as faithful as possible to the original meaning, while not attempting to obscure the significant stylistic differences that exist between the individual pieces. The Publishing House of Sciences publishes historical literature by both well-known and lesser-known scholarly authors, making works that have long been out of print accessible to interested readers once again. This book is a special compilation of a variety of Indian tales and is an unaltered, high-quality reprint of the original edition from 1921.