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tion, by the labours of learned orientalists in the 

 course of the last age/ At an early period of the 

 century John Hudson, of Great-Britain, com- 

 menced this inquiry, and pursued it with honour- 

 able success. He was followed, after an interval 

 of many years, by M. D'Anville, of France, 

 who, in his Antiquite Geographique de VInde, and 

 in his Eclaircissemens Geographiques sur la Carte 

 de Vlnde, gave a more satisfactory and scientific 

 view of the subject than any who had gone before 

 him. The next important publication on the 

 geography of India was by Major Rennell, who, 

 in his Map of Hindostan, and in his Memoir ac- 

 companying the same, made a present of incom- 

 parable value to the public. And, finally, the 

 services rendered to this branch of oriental inquiry 

 by Sir William Jones, Colonel Wilford, and 

 several other members of the Asiatic Society of 

 Calcutta, demand many acknowledgments from 

 the friends of literature and science. 



Besides the contributors to Hindoo literature 

 above named, a number of -other gentlemen, who 

 have employed themselves in promoting the same 

 object, deserve to be respectfully mentioned. 

 Among those the several publications of Mr. 

 Orme, an English gentleman much conversant 

 inHindoo learning; thoseofMr.CoLEBROOKE,who 

 has translated some Hindoo writings, and thrown 

 considerable light on the history and literature of 

 Hindostan ; the Sketches relating to the letters and 

 science of that country, successively given by 

 Forster, Crauford, and Kindersley, all of 

 Great-Britain ; and the various works of different 

 comparative value, by Sir John Shore, Sir Wil- 



s Though the Geography of India does not strictly fall under the deno- 

 mination of Hindoo Literature; yet, as the two subjects have generally 

 been treated in such a manner as to stand in connection with each other, 

 it is thought proper to introduce this paragraph here. 



