Produced by Delphine Lettau, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders 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