Excerpt from The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Vol. 1: From January to June, 1816 New and interesting Information concerning the Countries and $6! Inhabitants with which the Progress of our Trade, our Unavoidable Wars, and our Political Transactions, are hourly bringing us more, or the first time, acquainted, forms a natural and inviting addition to the cm of these pages; while the precious and inexhaustible field of Oriental literature presents itself as intimately allied to this branch 0' 0m [in-suits. Connected also, with this consideration, is' the British Progre ia Annie Languages and Learning, and the Institutions in and India for their promotion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.