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A SKETCH OF THE MODERN LANGUAGES OF THE EAST INDIES.

BY ROBERT N. CUST.

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A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF HINDU MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND LITERATURE.

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MODERN INDIA AND THE INDIANS,

BEING A SERIES OF IMPRESSIONS, NOTES, AND ESSAYS.

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THE GULISTAN;

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MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS RELATING TO INDIAN SUBJECTS.

BY BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON, ESQ., F.R.S.,

Late of the Bengal Civil Service; Corresponding Member of the Institute; Chevalier of the Legion of Honour; late British Minister at the Court of Nepal, &c, &c.

_CONTENTS OF VOL. I._

SECTION I.--On the Kocch, Bódó, and Dhimál Tribes.--Part I. Vocabulary.--Part II. Grammar.--Part III. Their Origin, Location, Numbers, Creed, Customs, Character, and Condition, with a General Description of the Climate they dwell in--Appendix.

SECTION II.--On Himalayan Ethnology.--I. Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of the Broken Tribes of Népál.--II. Vocabulary of the Dialects of the Kiranti Language.--III. Grammatical Analysis of the Váyu Language. The Váyu Grammar.--IV. Analysis of the Báhing Dialect of the Kiranti language. The Báhing Grammar.--V. On the Váyu or Háyu Tribe of the Central Himaláya.--VI. On the Kiranti Tribe of the Central Himaláya.