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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 March 2014
    21 February 2013
    ISBN:
    9781139519861
    9781108056335
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519861
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.19kg, 144 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Philosophy of Science, South Asian History, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Subjects:
    Philosophy of Science, South Asian History, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    James Robert Ballantyne (1813–64) taught oriental languages in India for sixteen years, compiling grammars of Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian, along with translations of Hindu philosophy. In 1859, for the use of Christian missionaries, he prepared a guide to Hinduism, in English and Sanskrit (also reissued in this series). Published in two volumes in 1852, Synopsis of Science was intended to introduce his Indian pupils to Western science by using the framework of Hindu Nyaya philosophy, which was familiar to them and which Ballantyne greatly respected. This second volume proceeds in similar style to the first: through a series of short paragraphs, Ballantyne introduces arithmetic, algebra, calculus, chemistry, botany, zoology, anatomy, physiology, mineralogy and geology. The second part of the volume is a Sanskrit translation. Overall, the work serves as an excellent primary source on the educational aspects of British imperialism.

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