CONTENTS.
Page.
1. Preliminary Remarks—Brief Sketch of the Ancient
and Modern Boundaries and Histoy of India ... 1
2. Questions and Answers on the Judicial System of
India ... ... ... ... ... 1L
.3. Do. Do. on the Revenue System of India ... ... 55
4. A paper on the Revenue System of India... ... 79
5. Additional Queries, respecting the condition of
India ... ... ... 90
6. Appendix ... ... ... ... 99
7. Remarks on Settlement in India by Europeans ... 113
8. Translation of a Conference between an Advocate for,
and an Opponent of, the practice of Burning
Widows Alive ; from the original Bungla ... 121
9. A second Conference between an Advocate for, and an
Opponent of, the practice of Burning Widows
Alive ' ... . ^ ... ... ... 139
10. Abstract of the Arguments regarding tha Burning of
Widows, considered as a Religious Rite ... 181
11. Brief Remarks regarding Modern Encroachment on
the Ancient Rights of Females, according to the
Hindoo Law of Inheritance ... ... ... 193
12. Essay on the Rights of Hindoos over Ancestral
Property according to the Law of Bengal : Appen-
dix : Hindoo Law of Inheritance ... ... 209
13. Petitions against the Press Regulation (1) to the
Supreme Court, and (2) to the Ring in Council ... 278
14. A Letter to Lord Amherst on English Education ... 322
APPENDIX .— ... ... ... 475
15. Address to Lord William Bentinck ... ... 329
16. Anti-Suttee Petition to the House of C9mmons ... 333
17. Petition to Government Lakharaj ... ... 835
18. Speeches and letters ... ... ... 343
Page.
1. Preliminary Remarks—Brief Sketch of the Ancient
and Modern Boundaries and Histoy of India ... 1
2. Questions and Answers on the Judicial System of
India ... ... ... ... ... 1L
.3. Do. Do. on the Revenue System of India ... ... 55
4. A paper on the Revenue System of India... ... 79
5. Additional Queries, respecting the condition of
India ... ... ... 90
6. Appendix ... ... ... ... 99
7. Remarks on Settlement in India by Europeans ... 113
8. Translation of a Conference between an Advocate for,
and an Opponent of, the practice of Burning
Widows Alive ; from the original Bungla ... 121
9. A second Conference between an Advocate for, and an
Opponent of, the practice of Burning Widows
Alive ' ... . ^ ... ... ... 139
10. Abstract of the Arguments regarding tha Burning of
Widows, considered as a Religious Rite ... 181
11. Brief Remarks regarding Modern Encroachment on
the Ancient Rights of Females, according to the
Hindoo Law of Inheritance ... ... ... 193
12. Essay on the Rights of Hindoos over Ancestral
Property according to the Law of Bengal : Appen-
dix : Hindoo Law of Inheritance ... ... 209
13. Petitions against the Press Regulation (1) to the
Supreme Court, and (2) to the Ring in Council ... 278
14. A Letter to Lord Amherst on English Education ... 322
APPENDIX .— ... ... ... 475
15. Address to Lord William Bentinck ... ... 329
16. Anti-Suttee Petition to the House of C9mmons ... 333
17. Petition to Government Lakharaj ... ... 835
18. Speeches and letters ... ... ... 343