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  3. A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the Pundits
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 May 2014
      28 March 2013
      ISBN:
      9781139519892
      9781108056373
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519892
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      (297 x 210 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.14kg, 478 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Legal History, Area Studies, South Asian History, Law, Asian Studies, History
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Subjects:
    Legal History, Area Studies, South Asian History, Law, Asian Studies, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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    In the second half of the eighteenth century, the English philologist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (1751–1830) was employed in India by the East India Company. There he was asked to translate into English the Hindu legal code, so that the British authorities could better understand native laws. The result was this accomplished work, first published in 1776, which served to correct Western misinterpretations of Hindu law, and to show that it was fully adequate for application in Bengal, and also the most appropriate system, as opposed to Western-style laws, in the region's cultural and religious milieu. In preparing it, Halhed sought advice from experienced native lawyers, who provided verifications of both the Persian version and its Sanskrit original. Accompanied by the translator's preface and a glossary, this extensive code remains of relevance to scholars of Indian law and history.

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