HINDOO TALES

_OR, THE ADVENTURES OF TEN PRINCES_






FREELY TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSCRIT OF THE DASAKUMARACHARITAM

BY P. W. JACOB






STRAHAN & CO. 56 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON

1873




TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

The Sanscrit work entitled "Dasakumaracharitam, or the Adventures of
Ten Princes," though printed more than twenty-five years ago, has not,
as far as I can ascertain, been translated into any European language.