Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
What’s in a (Proper) Name? Particulars, Individuals, and Authorship in the Linguistic Survey of India and Colonial Scholarship....Pages 19-39
The Floating Lexicon: Hobson-Jobson and the OED....Pages 41-57
Missions and Museums: Hindu Gods and Other “Abominations,” 1820–1860....Pages 59-74
Antiquarian Knowledge and Preservation of Indian Monuments at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century....Pages 75-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Landscapes of the Past: Rajatarangini and Historical Knowledge Production in Late-Nineteenth-Century Kashmir....Pages 99-121
Jaunpur, Ruination, and Conservation during the Colonial Era....Pages 123-146
The Qutb Minar in Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Āsār us-ṣanāddīd....Pages 147-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Promoting Scientism: Institutions for Gathering and Disseminating Knowledge in British Bihar....Pages 171-197
Old Books in New Bindings: Ethics and Education in Colonial India....Pages 199-225
Teaching Emotions: The Encounter between Victorian Values and Indo-Persian Concepts of Civility in Nineteenth-Century Delhi....Pages 227-247
Back Matter....Pages 249-256