The Orientalist, his Institute and the Empire: the rise and subsequent decline of Oxford University’s Indian Institute

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The Indian Institute Library on the top floor of the New Bodleian and the building of the old Indian Institute, now the home of the History Faculty Library and the James Martin 21st Century School, are the surviving remnants of an ambitious research institution set up in 1884 by the Boden Professor of Sanskrit, Sir M. Monier-Williams dedicated to the learning and literature of India. Some traces of the former use of the building remain and both the Sanskrit in...

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Authors: Evison, G

• Publication status: Not published
• Peer review status: Not peer reviewed
• Publication date: 2004-12-31
• Event location: Oxford University History Faculty
• Keywords: Sir M. Monier-Williams; SBTMR; Indian Institute Oxford; Indian Civil Service Oxford