The British Discovery of Hinduism in the Eighteenth Century (European Understanding of India Series) - Softcover

Marshall, P. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521092965 ISBN 13: 9780521092968

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2009

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One of the incidental consequences of the success of British arms in eighteenth-century India was the appearance of a number of publications which reflect the intense curiosity of contemporary Europeans about strange peoples, their manners and religions. This book reprints some of the most significant English contributions to the early European understanding of Hinduism.

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One of the incidental consequences of the success of British arms in eighteenth-century India was the appearance of a number of publications which reflect the intense curiosity of contemporary Europeans about strange peoples, their manners and religions. Of the three principal religions of India, Hinduism attracted the most attention. European contact with Islam was several centuries old, while few travellers could identify Buddhism with any certainty. This book reprints some of the most significant English contributions to the early European understanding of Hinduism.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521092965
• ISBN 13: 9780521092968
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324