It is to be noted that without using the term itself, John
Stuart Mill in 1858 had his own idea about what might be called 'Indology':
" (…)
India is a peculiar country; the state of society and civilization, the
character and habits of the people, and the private and public rights
established among them, are totally different from those which are known or
recognised in this country; in fact the study of India must be as much a
profession in itself as law or medecine"
(see John M. Robson,
Martin Moir & Zawahir Moir eds, Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, vol. 30: Writings on India, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990, p. 49 ; comment by Jennifer Pitts, A Turn to Empire: the rise of imperial
liberalism in Britain and France, Princeton University Press, 2005, pp.
149-150).