Appopriation and Invention of Tradition The East India Company and Hindu Law In Early Colonial Bengal

Appopriation and Invention of Tradition The East India Company and Hindu Law In Early Colonial Bengal

The beginning of Anglo-jurisprudence was occasioned by decisive developments in the cultural, and legal history of india. This book deals with the appropriation of the Dhamasastras a powerful written tradition and its condification in the construction of Hindu Law. It explores the significant connections between this process of formalization and the consolidation of the empire in Bengal.