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Imperialist historians in the 19th century wrote histories of India that reflected contemporary European debates and economic interests in expanding colonies. Leading intellectuals included Max Muller, J.S. Mill, William Jones, Karl Marx, and F.W. Hegel. Max Muller translated many Sanskrit texts into English while working with the British East India Company, though his work was biased according to Western views.

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Ase1 Part 8

Imperialist historians in the 19th century wrote histories of India that reflected contemporary European debates and economic interests in expanding colonies. Leading intellectuals included Max Muller, J.S. Mill, William Jones, Karl Marx, and F.W. Hegel. Max Muller translated many Sanskrit texts into English while working with the British East India Company, though his work was biased according to Western views.

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Ancient Indian History

3. Imperialist Historiography

 The Asiatic Society of Bengal established in 1784 that contributed towards the writing
of the Indian History.

 Imperialist Writings were mostly reflecting the contemporary debate on religious faith
and nationality and also their interests in enlarging the European colonies for economic
exploitation.

Imperialist Intellectuals
 Leading imperialist intellectuals of the 19th century were:

o Max Muller,

o J.S. Mill,

o William Jones,

o Karl-Marx, and

o F. W. Hegel.

The works of a few intellectuals have been described below:

Max Muller
 Friedrich Max Muller is considered as one of the most respected Indologists of the
nineteenth century. He was a German, but lived in England. On the financial support
of the British East India Company, he undertook massive jobs of translation and
interpretation of the Indian religious texts in English.

 He attained the best achievement of getting translated a huge mass of Sanskrit texts
into English, but his approach and intention were never free from the prejudice.
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