Latin and Greek in India (Was: Oxford University Press in India)

[Dominik Wujastyk]

On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Allen W Thrasher wrote:

> However, this raises an interesting historical question.  Has any research
> been done on the study of Greek and Latin in colonial and post-colonial
> South Asia?  They must have been taught at a great many schools and
> colleges in India for the sake of the ICS examinations, but I have seen
> nothing about the subject.

It *is* a very interesting question, Allen.  I think I recall seeing
several classical texts in the bookshop of the late Dinkar Trivedi, the
New Age Bookstore on Ellis Bridge Road in Ahmedabad.

Best wishes,
Dominik


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