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Book Edition: Interesting historical events, relative to the provinces of Bengal, and the empire of Indostan. With a seasonable hint and persuasive to the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. As also the mythology and cosmogony, fasts and festivals of the Gentoos, followers of the Shastah. And a dissertation on the metempsychosis commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagorean doctrine.

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Interesting historical events, relative to the provinces of Bengal, and the empire of Indostan. With a seasonable hint and persuasive to the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. As also the mythology and cosmogony, fasts and festivals of the Gentoos, followers of the Shastah. And a dissertation on the metempsychosis commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagorean doctrine.

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Record ID 291214

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 7

Record ID 330268

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1788-1791. (UYLY207-9) (1788-1791, Type: Student). Page: 103

Holwell's Acct of Indostan

Borrowed: 1789/1/16 (Friday). Returned: 1789/1/19 (Monday). Classmark: G.4.5. Original Returned Text: Holwells Acct of Indostan.


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David Dow
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1769-1818. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1377073316.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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John Zephaniah Holwell (Male, born 1711, died 1798)
Genre: History
Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan. With A Seasonable Hint and Perswasive To the Honourable The Court of Directors of the East India Company. As also The Mythology and Cosmogony, Fasts and Festivals of the Gentoos, Followers of the Shastah. And a Dissertation on the Metempscyhosis, commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagoean Doctrine. By J. Z. Holwell, Esq;.
Classmark: G.4.5.