A discourse on the institution of a society for enquiring into the history, civil and natural, the antiquities, arts, sciences, and literature of Asia, delivered at Calcutta, January 15th, 1784  A charge to the Grand Jury at Calcutta, December 4th, 1783: and a hymn to Camdeo, translated from the Hindu into Persian, and from the Persian into English. By Sir William Jones.

Asiatick researches, or, Transactions of the society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia.

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Asiatick researches, or, Transactions of the society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature of Asia.