Consider the following statements regarding Sir William Jones:
1. He founded the ‘Asiatic Society of Bengal’.
2. The Gentoo Code or the legal code was translated by him from Sanskrit to English.
Which of the above statements are correct?
Explanation:
His most famous accomplishment in India was establishing the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in January of 1784. The founding of the Society grew out of Jones's love for India, its people and its culture, as well as his abhorrence of oppression, nationalism and imperialism.
The Gentoo Code is a legal code translated from Sanskrit (in which it was known as vivadar?avasetu) into Persian by Brahmin scholars; and then from Persian into English by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, a British grammarian working for the East India Company. The translation was funded and encouraged by Warren Hastings as a method of increasing colonial hold over the Indies.
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By: Shubham Tiwari