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A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the Pundits - From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language (Paperback)
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A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the Pundits - From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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In the second half of the eighteenth century, the English
philologist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (1751 1830) was employed in
India by the East India Company. There he was asked to translate
into English the Hindu legal code, so that the British authorities
could better understand native laws. The result was this
accomplished work, first published in 1776, which served to correct
Western misinterpretations of Hindu law, and to show that it was
fully adequate for application in Bengal, and also the most
appropriate system, as opposed to Western-style laws, in the
region's cultural and religious milieu. In preparing it, Halhed
sought advice from experienced native lawyers, who provided
verifications of both the Persian version and its Sanskrit
original. Accompanied by the translator's preface and a glossary,
this extensive code remains of relevance to scholars of Indian law
and history.
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