Preface
1. Introductory
The General Background
The Scope of the Present Volume
Education and National Security
2. India in the Eyes of the West, c. 1750-c. 1800:
From Voltaire to William Jones, Thomas Maurice,
William Robertson and William Tennant
The Context
The French Enlightenment: Voltaire and Others
A.H. Anquetil-Duperron
The Foundations of Historical Geography and
Notices of India in the Writings of Travellers like
Pierre Sonnerat
J. Holwell, N. Halhed and Alexander Dow
William Jones in Calcutta: The Asiatic Society
Thomas Maurice (1754-1824) 75
William Robertson (1721-1793)
William Tennant
Observations on the Period, 1750-1800
3. India in the Eyes of the West, c. 1800-c. 1850:
Contempt for the Hindus and Their Civilization
from Charles Grant to James Mill and Thomas
Macaulay, and Two Rare Essays in Support of the
Hindus by Charles Stuart
The Historical Context
Pleading for Allowing the Missionaries in the
East India Company’s Dominion in India:
Charles Grant (1746-1823)
Evangelical Christianity: Claudius Buchanan (1765-1815)
Evangelical Christianity: William Ward (1769-1823)
Two Essays in Support of the Hindus:
Major General Charles Stuart (1758-1828)
James Mill’s The History of British India (1817)
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859):
Minute on Indian Education (1835)
4. The Continuity of the Negative Ideas Regarding
Indian Civilization: From the 18th Century to the
Present
The Languages and Races: Gobineau to Max Müller
The Imperial Narrative of Ancient Indian History:
E.J. Rapson
The Entry of Archaeology: J.H. Marshall’s Assessment
The Indus Civilization: J.H. Marshall’s Evaluation
and Subsequent Attempts to Disassociate This and
Other Aspects of Indian Protohistoric Heritage from
the Indian Mainstream Cultural Development
5. The Vulnerabilities of a Nation: The Issue of
National Security
References
Index
