OF THE HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION, OF THE HINDOOS: INCLUDING A MINUTE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. BY THE REV. WILLIAM WARD, D. D. FROM THE SECOND EDITION, HARTFORD, PUBLISHED BY H. HUNTINGTON, JR. 1824. miss Henrietta Maria Tewas & Winchester, District of Connecticut, ss. Be it remembered, That on the second day of October, in L. S. the forty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Hezekiah Huntington, Jr. of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit:"A view of the History, Literature and Religion, of the Hindoos; including a minute description of their Manners and Customs. Illustrated with Engravings. By the Rev. William Ward, D. D. late Missionary at Serampore. From the second edition, carefully abridged, and greatly improved." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." CHAS. A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me, CHAS. A. INGERSOLL, Clerk of the District of Connecticut. CONTENTS. Vedus probably written about the time of David, Earth divided into seven parts, Kings, descendants of the sun, Forty-six kings of the race of the Moon, Want of a correct History of this nation, Excellent principles of some of their laws, Considerations to show that the law of casts cannot always be en- The state of man in this world, Opinions concerning the body of man, Mr. Grant's inquiry, state of morals, Falsehood, Commerce, Cheating, &c. ib |