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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ... INDEX. ABD Abdc-l-kadtr Mamjk, Mitlla, Shah of Badaiin, his general his-tory of India, and other works, 151 note. Abhira, or Abhtra, at the mouth of the Indus, 204. Abiria, the, of Ptolemy, 204. Ablative, the, in Chinese, 119 note. Abraham, the language of, 278. Abu Saleh, his translation from San-skrit into Arabic, 150. Abyssinian language, ancient and modern, 281. Academy, New, doctrines of the, embraced in Rome, 107. Accusative, formation of the, in Chinese, 118 note. Achamienian dynasty, inscriptions of the, 210. Adelung, his Mithridates, 142. Adjectives, formation of, in Tibetan, 113 note. in Chinese, 119 note. iElius Stilo, Lucius, his lectures in Kome, on Latin grammar, 109. Affinity, indications of true, in the animal and vegetable world, 26, 27. Afghanistan, the language of, 210. Africa, South, dialects of, 64. African language, an imaginary, 223. Age, history of the French word, 292. Agglutination in the Turanian fam-ily of languages, 291. Aglossoi, the, of the Greeks, 92. Agriculture of the Chaldeans, work on the, 279.--Punic work of Mago on, 94 note. Ahirs, the, of Cutch, 204. Akbar, the Emperor. his search after the true religion, 151. ANG Akbar, his foundation of the so-called Ilahi religion, 151. works translated into Persian for him, 151. not able to obtain a translation of the Veda, 152. Albania, origin of the name, 242. Albanian language, origin of the, 201. Albertus Magnus, on the humanizing influence of Christianity, quoted, 129 note. Alchemy, causes of the extinction of the science, 19. Alexander the Great, influence of his expedition in giving the Greeks a knowledge of other nations and languages, 93. his difficulty in conversing with the Brahmans, 93. Alexandria, influence of, on the study of foreign languages, 96. critical study of ...
