HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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The London Times.
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the work of the Orientalists.
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the writings of Dickens.
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Robert Clive’s journals.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Orientalism, Western scholarly discipline of the 18th and 19th centuries that encompassed the study of the languages, literatures, religions, philosophies, histories, art, and laws of Asian societies, especially ancient ones.
Detailed explanation-2: -Orientalists like Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, Charles Wilkins, and William Jones formulated pro-Indian views in their studies of India, and the work of these individuals in many ways reflects the ruling policies of the British East India Company.
Detailed explanation-3: -Orientalists are scholars specialising in language and culture. An orientalist is someone from the west who studies the language, culture, history, or customs of countries in eastern Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The father of orientalism was Sir william jones (1746-1794), a judge of the Calcutta Supreme Court, who initiated a systematic study of Indian classical languages.