Set of Two Books on Indian Religions

a) John Campbell Oman, The Brahmins, Theists, and Muslims of India, Studies of Goddess Worship in Bengal, Caste, Brahmanism and Social Reform with Descriptive Sketches of Curious Festivals, Ceremonies and Faquirs, London: T Fisher Unwin, Circa 1900s, second edition,

xv, 342 pages, frontispiece, 20 illustrations; original decorated blue cloth in black, decorated spine in gilt
9 x 5.6 in (22.5 x 14 cm)

b) Monier Williams, Indian Wisdom, or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Doctrines of the Hindus: With a Brief History of the Chief Departments of Sanskrit Literature, and Some Account of the Past and Present Condition of India, Moral and Intellectual, London: W H Allen and Company, 1875, second edition

xlviii, 541 pages; original cloth binding
9.1 x 6 in (22.7 x 15 cm)

When the British came to India, apart from economic and administrative interests, there was felt an increasing interest in Indian culture and literature which led to a demand for such a work as is presented here in Indian Wisdom.

Sir Monier Williams was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England. He studied, documented and taught Asian languages, especially Sanskrit, Persian and Hindustani. He was a pioneer in the western interest and work in the Indian tradition. He is also the author of other useful books on the subject, the most important being a Sanskrit-English dictionary (1899).

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