THE WORKS OF WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND PRINCIPAL HISTORIOGRAPHER TO HIS MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND, AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, BY DUGALD STEWART, F.R.S. EDIN. A NEW EDITION. IN TWELVE VOLUMES. VOL. XII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR CADELL AND DAVIES; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; G. WILKIE; AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION CONCERNING THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA; AND THE PROGRESS OF TRADE WITH THAT COUNTRY PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE PASSAGE TO IT BY THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. With an APPENDIX, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE CIVIL POLITY-THE LAWS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS-THE ARTS AND SCIENCES-AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE INDIANS. |