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70:. He started working in India Writer from 1822, an assistant to the collector of south Konkan from 1824, an assistant Resident at Nagpur from 1826, and lastly as a Political Agent in Bhopal from 1836. He was a proponent of education in Indian languages and opposed 80:, an astronomical text and worked on translating it into English. He found it to be very advanced, with a heliocentric model which contrasted with the Puranas which promoted a geocentric, flat-earth view. Wilkinson worked with 136: 281: 119: 271: 67: 276: 222: 26:(22 June 1805 – 13 November 1841) was a British political officer and civil servant who worked in the service of the 256: 17: 138:
Resistant Hinduism. Sanskrit Sources on Anti-Christian Apologetics in early Nineteenth-century India
85: 88:. Wilkinson also wrote against female infanticide, supported widow remarriage and translated the 241: 186: 74:
on anglicism. He interacted with Indian scholars and came to learn of Bhaskara's 12th century
66:, Cumbria, son of James and Nanny née Eggleston and went to India after receiving training at 71: 266: 261: 8: 76: 44: 63: 27: 218: 35: 187:"Sanskrit as vehicle for modern science: Lancelot Wilkinson's efforts in the 1830s" 165: 212: 81: 250: 170: 153: 121:
List Of Inscriptions On Tombs Or Monuments In Rajputana & Central India
154:"Can Christians Be Bhaktas? A Sanskritic View from Central India, c. 1850" 98: 90: 84:(Narasimha Deva Paranjpe; 1821–1890) who he appointed from Pune to the 50: 39: 31: 184: 42:, publishing translations of Indian works including the 214:
Terrestrial Lessons: The Conquest of the World as Globe
141:. Vienna: De Nobili Research Library. pp. 80–92. 151: 134: 210: 248: 211:Sumathi Ramaswamy (2017). "The Global Pandit". 117: 217:. University of Chicago Press. p. 141. 194:Studies in History of Medicine and Science 169: 97:Notable protégés of Wilkinson included 249: 54:, an ancient text against Brahminism. 185:Sarma, Sreeramula Rajeswara (1996). 101:, Omkar Bhatt, and Bapudeva Sastri. 16:For Lancelot Patrick Wilkinson, see 124:. Government of India. p. 141. 13: 158:Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 14: 293: 235: 282:British people in colonial India 272:People from Crosby Ravensworth 204: 178: 145: 128: 111: 1: 277:People from Bombay Presidency 104: 94:, an anti-Brahminical text. 57: 48:, an astronomical text, and 7: 152:Young, Richard Fox (2008). 135:Young, Richard Fox (1981). 18:Patrick Wilkinson (scholar) 10: 298: 15: 86:Benares Sanskrit College 171:10.7825/2164-6279.1412 118:Crofton, O.S. (1934). 62:Wilkinson was born in 257:British Indologists 77:Siddhanta Shiromani 45:Siddhanta Shiromani 68:Haileybury College 64:Crosby-Ravensworth 28:East India Company 24:Lancelot Wilkinson 38:. He was also an 36:Bombay Presidency 289: 229: 228: 208: 202: 201: 191: 182: 176: 175: 173: 149: 143: 142: 132: 126: 125: 115: 82:Bapu Deva Sastri 72:William Bentinck 297: 296: 292: 291: 290: 288: 287: 286: 247: 246: 238: 233: 232: 225: 209: 205: 200:(1–2): 189–199. 189: 183: 179: 150: 146: 133: 129: 116: 112: 107: 60: 21: 12: 11: 5: 295: 285: 284: 279: 274: 269: 264: 259: 245: 244: 237: 236:External links 234: 231: 230: 223: 203: 177: 144: 127: 109: 108: 106: 103: 59: 56: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 294: 283: 280: 278: 275: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 254: 252: 243: 240: 239: 226: 224:9780226476742 220: 216: 215: 207: 199: 195: 188: 181: 172: 167: 163: 159: 155: 148: 140: 139: 131: 123: 122: 114: 110: 102: 100: 95: 93: 92: 87: 83: 79: 78: 73: 69: 65: 55: 53: 52: 47: 46: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 19: 242:Wujra Soochi 213: 206: 197: 193: 180: 161: 157: 147: 137: 130: 120: 113: 96: 89: 75: 61: 49: 43: 30:in India in 23: 22: 267:1841 deaths 262:1805 births 99:Subaji Bapu 251:Categories 105:References 91:Vajrasuchi 51:Vajrasuchi 40:Indologist 164:: 56–62. 58:Biography 34:, in the 221:  32:Bhopal 190:(PDF) 219:ISBN 166:doi 253:: 198:14 196:. 192:. 162:21 160:. 156:. 227:. 174:. 168:: 20:.

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Patrick Wilkinson (scholar)
East India Company
Bhopal
Bombay Presidency
Indologist
Siddhanta Shiromani
Vajrasuchi
Crosby-Ravensworth
Haileybury College
William Bentinck
Siddhanta Shiromani
Bapu Deva Sastri
Benares Sanskrit College
Vajrasuchi
Subaji Bapu
List Of Inscriptions On Tombs Or Monuments In Rajputana & Central India
Resistant Hinduism. Sanskrit Sources on Anti-Christian Apologetics in early Nineteenth-century India
"Can Christians Be Bhaktas? A Sanskritic View from Central India, c. 1850"
doi
10.7825/2164-6279.1412
"Sanskrit as vehicle for modern science: Lancelot Wilkinson's efforts in the 1830s"
Terrestrial Lessons: The Conquest of the World as Globe
ISBN
9780226476742
Wujra Soochi
Categories
British Indologists
1805 births
1841 deaths
People from Crosby Ravensworth

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