The European encounter with Hinduism in India / / Jan Peter Schouten ; translated by Henry Jansen.
"In The European Encounter with Hinduism Jan Peter Schouten offers an account of European travellers coming into contact with the Hindu religion in India. From the thirteenth century on, both traders and missionaries visited India and encountered the exotic world of Hindus and Hinduism. Their t...
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| Superior document: | Currents of Encounter ; Volume 62 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| Series: | Currents of encounter ;
Volume 62. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Notes: | "Originally published in Dutch as Aangenaam kennis te maken : De ontmoeting van Europeanen met het hindoeïsme in India by Uitgeverij Damon, Eindhoven." |
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| Other title: | Ontmoeting van Europeanen met het hindoeïsme in India. |
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| Summary: | "In The European Encounter with Hinduism Jan Peter Schouten offers an account of European travellers coming into contact with the Hindu religion in India. From the thirteenth century on, both traders and missionaries visited India and encountered the exotic world of Hindus and Hinduism. Their travel reports reveal how Europeans gradually increased their knowledge of Hinduism and how they evaluated this foreign religion. Later on, although officials of the colonial administration also studied the languages and culture of India, it was - contrary to what is usually assumed - particularly the many missionaries who made the greatest contribution to the mapping of Hinduism". |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 900442007X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Jan Peter Schouten ; translated by Henry Jansen. |