THE

WORKS..

OF

WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D.

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 THE REV, ALEX. STEWART,
EX STEWARE

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

VOL. XII.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR W. SHARPE & SON, W. ALLASON, C. CHAPPLE, W. ROBINSON
& SONS, J. MOLLISON, T. FISHER, J. BUMPUS, G. & J. OFFOR, J. CRANWELL,
J. EVANS & SONS, J. MAYNARD, E. WILSON, W. BAYNES & SON, T. MASON,
3. ROBINS & CO. AND W. HARWOOD, LONDON; ALSO W. STEwart & co.
AND J. CARFRAE, EDINBURGH; AND W. TURNBULL, GLASGOW.

LENOXBRARY

NEW YORK

Printed by Walker and Greig,
Edinburgh.

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 PROCEEDINGSTHE ARTS AND SCIENCES-AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE

INDIANS.

MEM WORK