This book focuses on the career of Sanskrit in British India.
Europe's discovery of Sanskrit was a development of far-reaching
historical significance in terms of intellectual curiosity,
evangelical considerations, colonial administrative requirements,
and political compulsions. The volume critically analyses this
interplay between Sanskrit texts and the imperial and colonial
presence in India. It goes beyond the question of what the
discovery of Sanskrit meant for the West and examines what this
collocation meant for India. The author looks at how the British
needed Sanskrit for dispensation of Hindu civil law; how learned
Pandits were cultivated; and how scholarship was developed
transcending utilitarianism. He also studies the extent to which
Sanskrit in pre- and non-British India had a bearing on Europe and
explores themes such as Jesuit Sanskrit, Hinduism in practice,
scripturism, Aryan Race Theory, seductive orientalism, and the
introduction of archivalism in India. Rich in archival sources,
this unique book will be useful for scholars and researchers of
colonial history, modern Indian history, Indology, linguistics,
history of education, Sanskrit studies, post-colonial studies, and
cultural studies.
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