OF THE

LETTERS

OF A

HINDOO RAJAH;

WRITTEN

PREVIOUS TO, AND DURING THE PERIOD OF
HIS RESIDENCE IN ENGLAND.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION

ON THE HISTORY, RELIGION, AND MANNERS,
OF THE HINDOOS.

BY ELIZABETH HAMILTON,

AUTHOR OF LETTERS ON THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF
EDUCATION, COTTAGERS OF GLENBURNIE, &c. &c.

VOLUME I.

FIFTH EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN WALKER; WILKIE AND ROBINSON;
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME AND BROWN;

R. SCHOLEY; A. K. NEWMAN, AND CO.;

AND J. JOHNSON, AND CO.

1811.

WARREN HASTINGS, Esq.

LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF BENGAL,

UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES,

AS THE DISTINGUISHED PATRON OF

SHANSCRIT, AND PERSIAN
LITERATURE,

THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE ORIENTAL

TRANSLATIONS HAVE HITHERTO

APPEARED.

TO HIM,

AS THE HONOURED PATRON, AND FRIEND, OF A BELOVED, AND MUCH LAMENTED

BROTHER,

IS THIS TRIFLE,

AS A SINCERE, THOUGH HUMBLE TRIBUTE

OF ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE,

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS MUCH OBLIGED,

AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

London,

6th June, 1796.

ELIZABETH HAMILTON.