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Chapter 5 - Nathaniel Brassey Halhed and Gentoo Antiquity

from Part II - From Scepticism to Orientalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2021

Jessica Patterson
Jessica Patterson
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University of Cambridge
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Chapter 5 situates the work of Halhed in relation to the practical uses of orientalist knowledge when it comes to establishing the legitimacy of a British presence in India, while also tracing elements of both the religious heterodoxy and scepticism in his presentation of the Code of Gentoo Laws. It then turns to an account of his involvement in Company politics, and more particularly his support for Warren Hastings throughout the impeachment trial.

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Code of Gentoo LawspanditsHastings
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Religion, Enlightenment and Empire
British Interpretations of Hinduism in the Eighteenth Century
 , pp. 207 - 238
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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