A Code of Gentoo Laws

Nathaniel Braffey Halhed, A Code of Gentoo Laws, or, Ordinations of the Pundits, from a Persian Translation, made from the Original Written in the Shanscrit, London: East India Company privately printed, 1776

Complete in two section
lxxiv, 62 pages, 322 pages & single sided 8 engraved plates of the original Sanskrit language characters; original half calf
11 x 9 in (27.5 x 22.5 cm)

Translated by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, the English orientalist and the first European to perceive the philosophical affinities of Sanskrit and Latin with contributions by Warren Hastings, the Governor of Bengal. This translation was intended to better understand local codes of inheritance, caste and religion before imposing English laws onto the population.

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