Classics and Colonial India
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780199203239
Subjects: India, civilization; British, india; Civilization, classical
Description: Offering a unique cross-cultural study, this text provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia shows how classical culture pervaded the minds of the British colonizers and highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity.