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Sanskrit scholars and pandits of the old school: The Benares Sanskrit College and the constitution of authority in the late nineteenth century

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This is a revised version of a paper presented in the panel ‘Social History of South Asian Studies’ at the 13th European Conference of Modern South Asian Studies, Toulouse 31. Aug. – 3. Sept. 1994.

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Dalmia, V. Sanskrit scholars and pandits of the old school: The Benares Sanskrit College and the constitution of authority in the late nineteenth century. J Indian Philos 24, 321–337 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219194

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