The author has cast his net widely to cover various kinds of 'antiquities' and he has dealt with them in as original a way as possible so that new aspects start up. The solutions found cast an unexpected light making old problems come with a novel shape.;The articles covered in this book are: 1. The Location of Kamboja; 2. The Aryans, the Domesticated Horse and the Spoked Chariot-Wheel; 3. Rama, Ravana, Lanka: Legitimate Reconstructions and Dubious Speculations; 4. The Search for Soma: A Book-review with Comments on its Theme; 5. The Time of Kalidasa; 6. To Panini's Time from Panini's Place; 7. What is the Historical Value of the Ceylonese Chronology?; 8. Mihirakula and Yasodharman in the Light of the Chinese Chronology of the Guptas; 9. Hiuen Tsang on the Time of the Imperial Guptas; 10. The Greco-Aramaic Inscription of Kandahar: Some Second Thoughts on is Interpretation; 11. The Indica of Megasthenes: A Controversy with R.C. Majumdar.