Bharatacharita adhyayaniki oka parichayam, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, D.D.Kosambi, translator N. Venugopal, 488 pp, Rs. 550 \nIn An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, Kosambi uses a scientific methodology and contemporary techniques of interpretation for readers to understand Indian history in a more systematic manner. This was one of the few books which propagated the fact that Indian history cannot be studied in a manner similar to the study of European history. \nDamodar Dharmananda Kosambi was an Indian statistician, mathematician and a Marxist historian. He is best known for his work in numismatics and for compiling key editions of old Sanskrit texts. He has authored several books including The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline, Unsettling the Past, Indian Numismatics, and Bharat Charitra Parichaya Vyasalu among others. \nTranslator N.Venugopal worked as a journalist, edits the monthly Veekshanam, and is a writer, translator and commentator.