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A Code of Gentoo Laws or, Ordinations of the Pundits. From a Persian

A Code of Gentoo Laws or, Ordinations of the Pundits. From a Persian Translation, made from the Original, written in the Shanscrit Language [Sanskrit] Quarter leather over brown board cover - 1781

by Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey [tr. and ed.]

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London. G : in Good condition. Slightly cracked upper joint. Cover rubbed with corner wear. Some offsetting. 1781. Reprint. Quarter leather over brown board cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). cxx, 284pp. 8 plates, 4 folding. Hindoo laws. Halhed, a writer in the employ of the East India Company, openly stated that he translated the Gentoo Laws in order to meld British and indigenous legal systems in Bengal. This in turn would facilitate Britain's occupation of India for the purposes of trade. Warren Hastings, the Governor-General of India (1774-1784), encouraged Halhed's project. .
Used - G : in Good condition. Slightly cracked upper joint. Cover rubbed with corner wear. Some offsetting
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  • Title A Code of Gentoo Laws or, Ordinations of the Pundits. From a Persian Translation, made from the Original, written in the Shanscrit Language [Sanskrit]
  • Author Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey [tr. and ed.]
  • Binding Quarter leather over brown board cover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - G : in Good condition. Slightly cracked upper joint. Cover rubbed with corner wear. Some offsetting
  • Date 1781
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1514a

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