Code of gentoo laws; or, ordinations of the pundits, a: from a persian translation, made from the original, written in the shanscrit language
Auteur :
Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108056373
Date de publication :
28 mars 2013
Dimensions :
29,7 x 21,0 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
1140 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
First published in 1776, this English translation of the Hindu legal code was prepared by an employee of the East India Company. Its purpose was to make the code understandable to British authorities, and to show them that it was fully adequate for application in the Bengal region.