William Jones, Henry Colebrooke, and Nathaniel Halhed were key figures in the Orientalist tradition in British India, focusing on the study of Indian languages, laws, and texts to interpret the culture for colonial administration.
William James, Henry Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed had which of the following common among them ?
Asked in UPSC CAPF 2014 · Topic: Development of Education in Modern India (Indigenous Education Systems and Early British Interventions (Pre-1813))
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Answer: D. They were linguists who tried to interpret the culture of South Asia to the East India Company
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