A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION OF THE HINDOOS: INCLUDING A MINUTE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND TRANSLATIONS FROM THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. BY THE REV. W. WARD, ONE OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARIES AT SERAMFORE, BENGAL THE THIRD EDITION, CAREFULLY ABRIDGED AND GREATLY IMPROVED. LONDON: Printed, by Order of the Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society, for To the Memory of THE REV. SAMUEL PEARCE, OF BIRMINGHAM ; THE REV. JOHN SUTCLIFF, OF OLNEY; AND THE REV. ANDREW FULLER, of KETTERING ; and to THE REV. JOHN RYLAND, OF BRISTOL; THE REV. JOHN FAWCETT, OF HEPDEN-BRIDGE; AND THE REV. ROBERT HALL, OF LEICESTER; and to THE REV. WILLIAM CAREY, AND ALL THE OTHER EUROPEAN AND OTHER COLLEAGUES OF THE AUTHOR IN INDIA; THIS WORK IS VERY AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, BY THE AUTHOR, SERAMPORE, June, 1815. VOL. 1. |