CONTENTS.
VOL. II.
BOOK IV.
OF THE INSTITUTIONS, LITERATURE, ARTS, AND MANNERS OF THE HINDOOS.
CHAPTEE I.
PAGE
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
