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 CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

BOOK IV.

OF THE INSTITUTIONS, LITERATURE, ARTS, AND MANNERS OF THE HINDOOS.

CHAPTEE I.

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Origin and Classification of the Hindoos, .... .... 1

CHAPTEE II. The Eeligion of the Hindoos,, ... 16

CHAPTEE III. The Government of the Hindoos, 84

CHAPTEE lY.

Philosophy, Science, Literature, and Fine Arts of the Hindoos,. , . . 113

CHAPTEE V. Agi'iculture, Manufactures, and Commerce of the Hindoos, 151

CHAPTEE VI. Manners of the Hindoos,, 167

BOOK V.

FROM THE GRANT OF THE DEWANNEE OF BENGAL, BEHAR, AND ORISSA, TO THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL, IN 17S4.

• CHAPTEE I.

Affairs of the Carnatic— The Manilla expedition— Eelations with Mahomed Ali— The treaty of Paris — The Company's jaghire — Seduction of refractory polygars — • Mahomed Issooff— Disputes between Mahomed Ali and the Bajah of Tanjore — Eelations with the Soubahdar of the Deccan — The Northern Circars — The rise and progress of Hyder Ali, 206