CONTENTS. Incarnation of Vishnŭ in the form of a boar,.... Opinions relative to the foundation on which the earth rests, Description of the elevation of the heavenly bodies, ... The Institutes of Munoo formed from the védŭ found in the boat given The various divisions of the earth given to the seven sons of Priyu-Vrătă, Véuŭ, the first atheist-Prit'hoo, the first Hindoo king, ...... The kingdom of Bhŭrŭtŭ, designated Bharŭtů-Vŭrshů, or India, Names of the countries comp sing India, 9-the mountains and rivers, 11 Buŭrutu's posterity, with the last of whom ended the race of Swayŭm- Notices respecting the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth mŭn- Voivŭswůtů, the first munoo of the present, or seventh mŭnwŭntură, ib. .......... Rise of the English power in the East, 31.—Nŭwabs presiding in Bengal, 32 The Voidyus invested with the poita, Cruelties practised by Séraj-Ooddoulah,. Conspiracy against him, ending in an invitation to the English, ib. ib. ..... ib. Battle at Hoogley, and defeat of Kasŭm-alēē-khah, .... ib. ib. Ditto on the military prowess of the Hindoos, ib. ........ Matrimonial alliances between the families of the sun and moou, .... Education of the Hindoo princes, 44.-Duties of Hindoo kings,... Works written under their patronage, All the languages of the earth derived from eighteen sources, The baneful effect of the cast on different orders of Hindoos, ib. Every circumstance of life converted into gain to the bramhŭns, Account of the ten ceremonies called Sungskarŭ, or purification of ib. Account of the single order of bramhŭns formerly existing in Bengal, and of the multiplication and present state of the different orders of ..... Effects of the creation of this order of noble bramhuns, A thousand abortions said to be procured monthly in Calcutta,. Bramhuns distinguished by the védŭ they study,.. ib. Employments embraced at present by bramhüns, and their consequent ib. Means of support still remaining to bramhůns, arising from service, Kshütriyus few in Bengal; their daily ceremonies similar to those of Bramhuns deny that there are any pure shōōdrus at present, ib. Divisions of rank among the shōōdrus which keep up distictions as de- State of the arts and manners among the different orders of shōōdrūs,. ib. of knowledge among them, ib. Importance of inducing the native doctors to use the vaccine matter for the cow-pox, to prevent the great mortality arising from the small- Druggists; state of learning and manners amongst them,.. Brass-founders; their origin, and the state of knowledge among them, 98 Shell-ornament-makers; state of this manufacture, Husbandmen; land-tax; farmers the servants of the corn-merchants; Effects of the climate on the natives and on Europeans, Comparison between the climates of Bengal and England,.. Extraordinary assertion of Forster respecting the climate, Remarks on the cast of barbers, and on the state of knowledge among The Honourable Company's factories for musliu and silk,...... Names of the cloths exported from Bengal, with remarks on the nature Remarks on other casts of mechanics, among which are the sellers of flowers, carpenters, washermen, goldsmiths, money-changers, oil- Ceremonies practised at the birth of children, Family records, nativities cast-ceremonies at naming the child,.. Methods of removing sickness from children, State of morals among Hindoo youth,. Eight modes of marriage mentioned in the shastrů, The age at which the marriage ceremony takes place, |