Excerpt from Memoir of the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India: Both as the Means of Perpetuating the Christian Religion Among Our Own Countrymen; And as a Foundation for the Ultimate Civilization of the Natives This illustrious act Of an heathen Prince, acknow ledged, as it has been, by heaven, and celebrated amongst men, has yet been rarely proposed by Chris; tian nations, as an example for their imitation. 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.