A Code of Gentoo Laws by Nathaniel Halhed

The Code of Gentoo Laws, or Ordinations of the PunditsFrom a Persian Translation, made from the original, written in the Shanscrit LanguageSecond printing. This is the 1777 edition, London, which is said to be a pirated edition. The book was originally published in 1776, privately printed by the East India Company, and an official second edition came out in 1781. The book was commissioned by Warren Hastings of the East India Company, and was compiled with the help of eleven pandits/Brahmin scholars, and translated by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, with the aim of being used by members of the East India Company.Includes several plates of selected Sanskrit writings, some of which fold-out. The printing "ghosts" through most of these pages to some extent, unsurprisingly, as the print is dark and heavy.General notes: There is a modern pencil notation in the front that claims the book is "Henry Buckle's copy according to earlier bookseller notations". These notations must have been on a separate