Thanks to Dan Lusthaus and others for looking into this question. As I had suspected, it seems that Pococke was not an early Indologist, but rather what used to be called an 'antiquarian'. And yes, there was a 17th-century scholar, rather more well-known, of the same name.

Best wishes,
Martin Gansten

Den 2018-09-13 kl. 22:05, skrev Dan Lusthaus:

Apologies for the continuing messages. A little further digging reveals another book in which he took part, for which he edited the second edition - History of Greece, Macedonia and Syria (London: 1852):

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-BpCAAAAcAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=edward+pococke+india&ots=SMnATEGEtb&sig=Ke27VA0RmKzkSyBKQ-e5T9fYWgg#v=onepage&q=edward%20pococke%20india&f=false

In a list of publications by the same publisher at the front of the book, Pococke is mentioned as a co-author of a book titled A History of Greek Literature.

Dan