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 Policy - the Laws and Jucidical Proceedings - the Arts - the Sciences - and Religious Institutions, of the Indians.First edition. With 2 large folding maps. 4to. Contemporary paper boards, a little scuffed and marked - spine title in ink. Front outer joint beginning to split, though sound. Uncut, with wide margins. xii, 364, [xi]pp.(Index), & errata page. A. Strahan & T. Cadell. London.

Robertson produced the above work late in life having read Major Rennell's Memoir on the Map of Hindostan. His final paragraphs concentrate on the fate of India, its people and culture, hoping that "the early and high civilisation of India, and of the wonderful progress of its inhabitant in elegant arts and useful science, may have some influence upon the behaviour of Europeans towards that people".

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