The Rulers of India was a biographical book series edited by William Wilson Hunter and published by Clarendon Press, Oxford. Hunter himself contributed the volumes on Dalhousie (1890) and Mayo (1891) to the series.
Background William Hunter retired from his long career as a member of the Indian Civil Service in March 1887 and settled in Oxford, England. On 13 March 1889 Philip Lyttelton Gell, then Secretary to the Delegates of the Clarendon Press, wrote to Hunter about
Gell arranged the publication of the series by June 1889; with Hunter receiving £75 for each volume, and the author £25. Financial constraints forced the series to end at 28 volumes in spite of Hunter's disappointment about the same.
Volumes Volume Year Author Title References External scan 1 - Asoka - Wikisource transcription project 2 - Babur - Wikisource transcription project 3 - Albuquerque - Wikisource transcription project 4 - Akbar Wikisource transcription project 5 - Aurangzeb - Wikisource transcription project 6 - Wikisource transcription project 7 - Wikisource transcription project 8 - Wikisource transcription project 9 - - Wikisource transcription project 10 - - Wikisource transcription project 11 - and Tipu Sultan - Wikisource transcription project 12 - Wikisource transcription project 13 - - Wikisource transcription project 14 - Wikisource transcription project 15 - - Wikisource transcription project 16 - and Richardson Evans - Wikisource transcription project 17 - - Wikisource transcription project 18 - - Wikisource transcription project 19 - - Wikisource transcription project 20 - - Wikisource transcription project 21 - Wikisource transcription project 22 - - Wikisource transcription project 23 - Wikisource transcription project 24 - - Wikisource transcription project 25 - and Strathnairn Wikisource transcription project 26 - - Wikisource transcription project 27 - - Wikisource transcription project 28 - Wikisource transcription project
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