Appropriation and Invention of Tradition
The East India Company and Hindu Law in Early Colonial Bengal
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP India
- Date of Publication 21 June 2012
- ISBN 9780198083788
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages285 pages
- Size 216x140x14 mm
- Weight 312 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The book, strongly grounded in primary sources, reconstructs the legal and intellectual history of early modern Bengal. It studies the subject of Hindu property rights and explores the compendia prepared under the British. The author argues that there was hardly any link between the Smritis and the colonial Hindu laws.
MoreLong description:
This book, strongly grounded in primary sources, makes an important contribution to the legal and intellectual history of early modern Bengal. It brings to light the complex interpenetration of diverse interests, opinions, and ideologies articulated by various social groups implicated in the process of colonization. There is no comparable work specifically on Hindu property rights that explores how these came to be perceived or interpreted in early modern Bengal.
The author explores the so-called compendia prepared under British auspices and argues that there was hardly any link between the Smritis and the laws. The latter were determined almost entirely by changing British policy with regard to land revenue and many of the positive features of Hindu custom like women's rights to property were undermined in the process.
Table of Contents:
Preface & Acknowledgement
Introduction
The Pre-colonial Tradition of the Dharmasastras
Hindu Law of Property and Inheritance and The East India Company Officials, 1698-1772
Vivadarnava-Setu and a Code of Gentoo Laws
Towards a Second Code: The Response to New Imperatives
Vivada-Bhangarnava and a Digest of Hindoo Laws
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
