CONTENTS 
Preface

Acknowledgements

Asia’s Lions Today

An Oriental Patrimony

A Search through Antiquity

Mrigaraja: King of the Beasts

Under the Delhi Sultanate

The Great Mughals Go Hunting Lions

The British Come Calling

Soruth Sarkar Saves Lions

The Last Nawab Battles On

The Dominion of India Inherits Lions

The Great Numbers Game

A Second Home

Life in the Republic: The Lion in Winter

References

APPENDICES
Glossary of Flora and Fauna and Indian Words
Gujarati Words (most from the Kathiawari Dialect) for the Lion
The Size of Asiatic Lions
Letter from Lord Curzon to Burma Game Preservation Association
Legal Basis of the Indian National Emblem, by Udaybhanusinh

MAPS
Past and Present Distribution of the Lion in North Africa and Asia
Past and Present Distribution of the Lion in India, R.I. Pocock’s Map
Junagadh State at the Turn of the 20th Century
The Gir National Park and Sanctuary
Current Distribution Range of the Asiatic Lion

Bibliography

Index