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100 1 _aMohan, Jyoti
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aClaiming India :French Scholars and the Preoccupation with India in the Nineteenth Century /
_cJyoti Mohan.
260 _aNew Delhi,
_bSage Publication (I) Pvt. Ltd,
_c2018.
300 _axxxv, 392 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: The Last King of France Found...in India? -- India: A Land of Wonders or of Monstrosities? The Writings of Missionaries -- The Sublime Civilization of India: The Pre-occupation of Philosophes -- The Business of Serious Academics: Indology and the Study of India -- The Era of Empiricism and the Rise of Philology -- The Glory of Ancient India Stems from her Aryan Blood: The Development of "Scientific Anthropology" in Relation to India -- Recasting India in French Indology: Hinduism and the Caste System -- Writing Histories, Creating India -- Imperial Showcase: The Visual Presentation of India.
650 0 _aPostcolonialism
_zIndia
_xHistory
_y19th century.