Excerpt from Digest of Hindu Law, on Contracts and Successions, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Commentary The motives for undertaking the compilation of a New Digest of Indian Law, are so well unfolded in a letter addressed by the late Sir william J ones to the Supreme Council of Bengal, that it will suffice to extract therefrom the sentiments expressed by that venerable Magistrate. It must ever be regretted, that the Public has lost, by his premature death, a translation, from his pen, of a Digest compiled under his direction, and an introductory Discourse, for which he had prepared curious and ample materials.' The loss is irreparable for, no other joins to a competent knowledge of Oriental Languages, that legislative spirit and intimate acquaintance with the Principles of J urispru dence, which he possessed in so eminent a degree. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.