S6 J/uitic Socief_y. 



4. What kinds of oaths are confidered as peculiarly bind- 

 ing by the different tribes and fe&s in Hinduftan ? 



5. What hiftorical monuments remain of the government, 

 and the fyftem of police which obtained in Hinduftan pre- 

 vioufly to the Mufulman invafion ? 



//. Geography. 



1. A catalogue of the names of towns, countries, pro- 

 vinces, rivers, and mountains, from the Scha'cers and Pa- 

 ranas, with their modern names annexed; and a correct lift, 



, according to the oriental orthography, of the towns, &c. 

 mentioned by Major Rennell and other European geogra- 

 phers. The etymology, as far as practicable, would alio he 

 durable. 



2. What were the geographical and political divifions of 

 the country b*&>re- the Mufulman invalioa ? 



///. L'lography. 



1. Accurate tranflations of the accounts given of the Yif^ 

 and aclions of Bouddha, by the priefts of his leek. 



2. To inquire if there be any accounts remaining of 

 Chauchafan, Qonagom, and Qafpa; whom the Eurmas re- 

 present as having preceded Godama. 



3. The hillory of Mahamoony, a difciple or follower of 

 Godama; to whom alio adoration is paid by many among 

 the worfliippers of Bouddha. 



4. A hiftory of thofe faints, philofophers, &c. either male 

 or female, who have become famous, in modern times, 

 among the nations and religious fects that inhabit India. 



IV. Commerce, Natural Hi/lory, JSlateria Medica. 



3. To inquire into the ftate of the commerce of India 

 previoufly to the firft fettlement of Europeans. 



2. To afcertain the different trees which produce gamboge, 

 or a gum-refin refembling it: to inveftigate the qualities of 

 the drug as procured from each of thofe trees, among which 

 we may reckon the following: — Camhogia guita, Linn.; 

 Garc'uui celebiea, Linn.; Slalagmitls cambogiotJes, Keen.; 

 Hypericum pomijkritm, Box. To procure accurate figures oi 

 7 the 



