What's become of the pandit? Rethinking the history of Sanskrit scholars in colonial Bengal

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 683-723

  Hatcher, Brian A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; POLITICAL HISTORY;

ASIA; BENGAL; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 25444454050     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X04001672     Document Type: Article

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