India Distorted: A Study of British Historians on India, Volume 1

The present work India Distorted provides a key to the study of the foundations of British historical writings on India during the early 19th century. It analysis the trends, the attitudes, the assumptions and the intentions of the British historians on Indian history, culture and institutions. The book critically examines the various observations made by the British historians and the manner in which the facts got distorted. The study also highlights the various prevailing ideological trends in England such as Utilitarianism, Evangelicalism, Romanticism and the British Orientalism.