Dialogue of Civilizations-William Jones and the Orientalists is a sweeping account of the movement that began in 1784 by Warren Hastings-the then Governor General of India, Sir William Jones, Halhed, Wilkins, Colebrooke, Prinsep, Wilson and others to rediscover the civilization of India. It is no small irony that this movement began in the heyday of a nascent imperialism and under the patronage of the East India Company. The authors describe how this happened, ...
