CONTENTS: A Selection of Plates from Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine Vol. 1 (1782), Foreword by Raghuvendra Tanwar, Acknowledgements, Translator's Introduction: Europe in the Eighteenth Century Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814): A Biography Voyage aux Indes orientales et a la Chine Vol. 1 (1782) Instances of Intertexuality in Voyage to India Themes in Sonnerat's Voyage to India Translation Strategies, TRANSLATION: VOYAGE TO INDIA AND CHINA, VOL. ONE: Sonnerat's Letter to Due d'Angiviller-Copy of the Register of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Foreword: VOYAGE TO INDIA AND CHINA, BOOK 1 ON INDIA: Introduction: 1. A Tableau of the Wars in India, from 1763 to the Capture of Pondicherry, 2. Of the Coromandel Coast, 3. Of the Malabar Coast, 4. Of Surat, 5. Of the Division of Castes, 6. Of the Initiation Ceremonies of the Indians, 7. Marriages of the Indians, 8. Of Funeral Rites, 9. Of the Arts and Professions of the Indians, 10. Of Medicine, 11. Of Astronomy, 12. Of the Languages and Writing of the Indians and of the Tamouls in Particular, 13. Apologues of the Indians, 14. Of the Currency, VOYAGE TO INDIA AND CHINA, BOOK II: Introduction to the Religion of the Indians, Or a Summary of their Mythology, Section One: The Gods: Article I: Brahma, Article II: Vishnu, Article III: Shivan, Section Two: The Demi-Gods: VOYAGE TO INDIA AND CHINA, BOOK III: 1. Of the Doctrines of the Indians, 2. Of the Religion of Indians, 3. Of the Sacred Books of the Indians, 4. Of the Temples, 5. Of the Festivals of the Indians, 6. Special Ceremonies of the Indians, 7. Of the Indian Holy Men, 8. Of the Practice of Virtues, Metempsychosis, Heaven and Hell, 9. Of the Story of the Ganges, 10. Indian System on the Creation of the World, 11. The Indian System on the Duration of the World and the Different Ages, 12. The Division of Centuries, Years, Months and Days, 13. Of Lucky and Unlucky Days, 14. The Symbols of the Brames, Bibliography, End Notes to Place Names, Index.