Original Papers Illustrating The History Of The Application Of The Roman Alphabet To The Languages Of India

About the Book :- The following papers were entrusted to the author for publication by Sir Charles Trevelyan, the present Governor of the Madras Presidency, on his departure from England to make his task has been very simple. He has merely arranged the various documents in chronological order, and left them to speak for themselves. His duty has been to lay before the public a series of original papers and articles, in such a shape as to present a complete history of a great enterprise ; and he has acted on the principle that even inaccuracies of scholarship, when regarded as historical, become interesting and instructive. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. The intelligent reader will, of course, bear in mind that more than a quarter of a century has elapsed since the date of the first of these papers, and that the state of things under the pressure of which they were written is greatly changed. About the Author :- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, KCIE was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani. He taught Asian languages, at the East India Company College from 1844 until 1858, when company rule in India ended after the 1857 rebellion. He came to national prominence during the 1860 election campaign for the Boden Chair of Sanskrit at Oxford University, in which he stood against Max Müller. The Title 'Original Papers Illustrating The History Of The Application Of The Roman Alphabet To The Languages Of India written/authored/edited by Monier Williams', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121238632 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 300 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-