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Author Bhattacharyya-Panda, Nandini

Title Appropriation and invention of tradition : the East India Company and Hindu law in early colonial Bengal / Nandini Bhattacharyya-Panda
Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) : illustrations
Summary Investigating the intricate and dynamic links between power and knowledge in the evolution of institutions under colonial rule, this book underlines innovative ways of looking at the legal history of colonial India
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index
Notes English
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Subject East India Company -- History -- 18th century
SUBJECT East India Company. fast (OCoLC)fst00537796
Subject Law -- India -- Bengal -- History -- 18th century
Customary law -- India -- Bengal -- History -- 18th century
Hindu law -- Reception -- India -- Bengal -- History -- 18th century
Colonial influence.
Customary law.
Law.
Law - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Law - Africa, Asia, Pacific & Antarctica.
SUBJECT Bengal (India) -- Colonial influence
Subject India -- Bengal.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199081516
0199081514
Other Titles East India Company and Hindu law in early colonial Bengal