RT Book
T1 The European encounter with Hinduism in India
T2 Currents of encounter
JF Currents of encounter
A1 Schouten, Jan P. 1949-
A2 Jansen, Henry 1958-
LA English
PP Leiden Boston
PB Brill Rodopi
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1692205404
AB "In The European Encounter with Hinduism Jan Peter Schouten offers an account of European travellers coming into contact with the Hindu religion in India. From the thirteenth century on, both traders and missionaries visited India and encountered the exotic world of Hindus and Hinduism. Their travel reports reveal how Europeans gradually increased their knowledge of Hinduism and how they evaluated this foreign religion. Later on, although officials of the colonial administration also studied the languages and culture of India, it was - contrary to what is usually assumed - particularly the many missionaries who made the greatest contribution to the mapping of Hinduism"--
NO "Originally published in Dutch as Aangenaam kennis te maken : De ontmoeting van  Europeanen met het hindoeïsme in India by Uitgeverij Damon, Eindhoven."
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BV3265.3
SN 978-90-04-42006-9
K1 Missions : India : History
K1 Europeans : India : History
K1 Christianity and other religions : Hinduism : History
K1 Hinduism : Relations : Christianity : History