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Contents
On the Orthography of Afiatick Words I | 57 |
A Royal Grant found at Mungir | 123 |
An Infcription on a Pillar near Buddal | 131 |
On the Ruins at Mavalipuram | 145 |
Hints on Friction in Mechanicks | 171 |
An Interview with the young Lama | 199 |
A Journey to Tibet | 207 |
On the Gods of Greece Italy and India | 221 |
On the Artificial Horizons | 327 |
On the Interfections of Curves | 330 |
On extracting the Effential Oil of Rofes 332 | 332 |
On the Gold of Limong in Sumatra | 336 |
On the Literature of the Hindus | 340 |
A Royal Granz found at Túna | 357 |
On the City of Tagara | 369 |
On the Vajracita or Pangolin | 376 |
On a Cave with an Infcription near Gayá | 276 |
An Infcription at Buddha Gaya | 284 |
On the Sichs and their College | 288 |
On the Víná or Indian Lyre | 295 |
On the Madbúca Tree | 300 |
On the Mode of Diſtilling at Chitra | 309 |
On calculating the Moons Parallaxes | 320 |
Infcriptions on the Staff of Firúz Shah | 379 |
A Converfation with an Abyffinian | 383 |
On the Indian Trial by Ordeal | 389 |
The Second Anniverſary Difcourfe | 405 |
Difcourfe III On the Hindus | 432 |
A Meteorological Journal | 441 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Representing India: Indian Culture and Imperial Control in Eighteenth-century British Orientalist Discourse, Volume 1 Colonial encounters Volume 2 of Representing India : Indian culture and imperial control in eighteenth-century British orientalist discourse, Michael J. Franklin Volume 7 of Representing India |
| Editor | Michael J. Franklin |
| Contributor | Michael J. Franklin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0415222532, 9780415222532 |
| Length | 483 pages |
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