THE WORKS OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. ON THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE HINDUS. WRITTEN IN JANUARY, 1788, BY THE PRESIDENT. THE great antiquity of the Hindus is believed fo firmly by themselves, and has been the subject of so much conversation among Europeans, that a fhort view of their Chronological System, which has not yet been exhibited from certain authorities, may be acceptable to thofe, who seek truth without partiality to receive opinions, and without regarding any confequences, that may refult from their inquiries; the confequences, indeed, of truth cannot but be desirable, and no reasonable man will apprehend any danger to fociety from a general diffufion of its light; but we must not suffer our |