This book was written by me in Ahmadnagar Fort prison during the five months, April to September 1944. Some of my colleagues in prison were good enough to read the manuscript & m-ake a number of valuable suggestions. On revising the book on prison I took advantage of these s-uggestions & made some additions. On one, Ineek hardly add, is responsible for what I have writt-en or necessarily agrees with it. But I must express my deep gratitude to my fellow-prisoners in Ahmadnagar Fort for the unnumerable talks & discussions we had, which helped me greatly to c-lear my own mind about various aspects of Indian history & culture. Prison is not a pleasant place to live in even for a short perion, much less for long years. But it was a privilege for me to live in close contact with men of outstanding ability & culture & a widehuman outlook which even the passions of the moment did not obscure.