THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND PRINCIPAL
OF THE UNIVERSITY, OF EDINBURGH,

HISTORIOGRAPHER TO HIS MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND,

AND

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY
AT MADRID.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,

BY DUGALD STEWART, F.R.S. EDIN.

A NEW EDITION.

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

VOL. XII.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR CADELL AND DAVIES; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; G. WILKIE;
J. NUNN; J. CUTHELL; CLARKE AND SONS; LONGMAN, HURST, REES,
ORME, AND BROWN; E. JEFFERY; J. BOOKER; J. AND A. ARCH; S. BAGSTER;
BLACK, PARBURY, AND ALLEN; J. AND T. GRAY; JOHN RICHARDSON
J. M. RICHARDSON; CARPENTER AND SON; R. H. EVANS; J. MURRAY;
W. PHILLIPS; W. STEWART; J. MAWMAN; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY;
OGLE AND CO.; GALE AND FENNER; R. S. KIRBY; W. REID; AND W. GINGER.

49.6 10

AN

HISTORICAL

DISQUISITION

CONCERNING

THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH THE ANCIENTS HAD OF

INDIA;

AND THE

PROGRESS OF TRADE WITH THAT COUNTRY

PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE PASSAGE TO IT BY

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

With an APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

OBSERVATIONS ON THE CIVIL POLITY-THE LAWS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS-THE ARTS AND SCIENCES-AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE INDIANS.