Appropriation and Invention of Tradition The East India Company and Hindu Law in Early Colonial Bengal

Name: Appropriation and Invention of Tradition The East India Company and Hindu Law in Early Colonial Bengal
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ISBN: 9780195690484

ISBN-10: 0195690486

ISBN-13: 9780195690484

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nandini Bhattacharyya-Panda

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The beginning of Anglo-Hindu jurisprudence was occasioned by decisive developments in the cultural, intellectual, and legal history of India. This book deals with the appropriation of the Dharmasastras - a powerful written tradition - and its codification, in the construction of Hindu law. Itexplores the significant connections between this process of formalization and the consolidation of the empire in Bengal. Bhattacharyya-Panda analyses the shifting administrative and political needs of the colonial regime as well as the perceptions and attitudes of the officials in this process of codification. Through a careful study of the compilations, Vivadarmavasetu and Vivadabhabgarnava alongside…

Book details

List price: $70.50
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/15/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 273
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.60" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English