THE

WORKS

OF

SIR WILLIAM JONES.

WITH

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

LORD TEIGNMOUTH.

IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES.

VOLUME IV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, PICCADILLY;

AND JOHN WALKER, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

CONTENTS

ΤΟ

THE FOURTH VOLUME.

On the Chronology of the Hindus

A Supplement to the Effay on Indian Chronology

Note to Mr. Vanfittart's Paper on the Afghans being

defcended from the Jews.

On the Antiquity of the Indian Zodiack

On the Literature of the Hindus, from the Sanfcrit

On the Second Claffical Book of the Chinese

The Lunar Year of the Hindus

On the Mufical Modes of the Hindus

On the Mystical Poetry of the Perfians and Hindus

Gítagóvinda, or the Song of Jayadéva

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Remarks on the Ifland of Hinzuan, or Johanna

A Converfation with Abram, an Abyffinian, concern-

ing the City of Gwender and the Sources of the

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On the Cure of the Elephantiafis, and other Disorders

THE WORKS

OF

SIR WILLIAM JONES.

ON THE

CHRONOLOGY OF THE HINDUS.

WRITTEN IN JANUARY, 1788,

BY

THE PRESIDENT.

THE great antiquity of the Hindus is be

lieved fo firmly by themselves, and has been the fubject of fo much converfation among Europeans, that a short view of their Chronological System, which has not yet been exhibited from certain authorities, may be acceptable to thofe, who seek truth without partiality to receive opinions, and without regarding any consequences, that may refult from their inquiries ; the confequences, indeed, of truth cannot but be defirable, and no reasonable man will apprehend any danger to society from a general diffufion of its light; but we muft not suffer our