This extraordinary book provides a detailed account of the
relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial
presence in India. It examines some of the great figures of the
colonial period such as Gandhi, Nehru, Macaulay, Jowett, and
William Jones, and covers a range of different disciplines as it
sweeps from the eighteenth century to the end of the British Raj in
the twentieth. Using a variety of materials, including archival
documents and familiar texts, Vasunia shows how classical culture
pervaded the thoughts and minds of the British colonizers. His book
highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity and
analyses how Indians turned to ancient Greece and Rome during the
colonial period for a variety of purposes, including
anti-colonialism, nationalism, and collaboration. Offering a unique
cross-cultural study, this volume will be of interest to literary
scholars and historians of the classical world, the British Empire,
and South Asia.
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