P R E F A C E .
T hIs .kWt0T,^i?^a|! undertaken; from the, strongest; conviction that
features;,;! M a p n ^ and
ffiijstoms ofi the N\itn,cs of.Hindustan;.,) wpiujdjncftjb® aecegt^b^elo*
'ih^ubIiG'at.la%e-;put Lh’nt^t^cg^c’ipliJt? iail^9pe^i^^ticulal-l>rinteresting
toi^H's^Sentleiraent w/i^h|^e!{|bid'ecl;:i^Ipdia; %'i recalling to they!
memory; sc^e|jw^E^hic!h( they«
MjTr^tfe-pieSLiit’ iacc of Hifldoo^the,I6p | p |T f of\ h&fu^ will see»
perhaps w i l t htdc vWitihri^thc same foatmes, customs, character»
and 'ie lj^^snrn sterns*,1 H iueff ihstbry ha^"recofd‘edi( of' treat Ancestors»
a t fnmenvliEh the* irih^BiFlIilfj^qt fort otfi^r p rts of the gfobet were in
^ s t a t e ^ f c n ih z iti^Si, mtf vvlT)cW\fsll^h'? found ter bear a striking
f e o f t ib ^ u , t o -tlie 1 cccMI o f f e f y # r i t ; w |ffii% flum^estronable,
that.then pjfijrrfnc maffls'nnc!be?cn preserved amongst them by an
ffiffliftaf)lb!|S£^tchmcnt to, their ancient i efigip m
*« frcnioih the'ife is no description of pUrons, no cl iss of leaders who
may not d cnv^hltfei iiifbnnaSfon 01' amuscniont horn contemplating
these faithful’ rc^rcs'eiitatitms-'of tM ihhabitamt&of India,? w lo se cere-
^iSumc »customs, andchaiactcr, though freqfl^tty involved rn'-obscurity
tarffrblendedwith aUsuidify, ne\erbhdess afford such an aVfpli? field
* f<|- reflection, as witfever render them subjects of$irjh;&e and interest.