Poet and orientalist; he was assistant-keeper of manuscripts in the British Museum.
Author of the History of Hindustan, 3 vols (1795, 1798,
1820).
WRITINGS OF:
Indian Antiquities: or Dissertations relative to the ancient geographical
Divisions, the pure System of primeval Theology, the grand Code of Civil Laws, the original
Form of Government, and the various and profound Literature, of Hindostan (1793-1806)