Question

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was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.
O a) Esther Hills
O b) John Mills
c) William Jones
d) Robert Clive​

Answer 1

Answer:

willam jones was one of the first compony officials to study sanskrit ( according to history ch 7 civilizing the native educating the nation class 8)

Answer 2

The first officials of the Company to learn Sanskrit are:

• The right choice c) William Jones.
• Sanskrit is an ancient South Asian language that is part of the Indo-Aryan language of Indo-European languages.
• It originated in South Asia after the vernacular had spread as far northwest as the late Bronze Age.
• Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of ancient Hindu philosophy, and the historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism.
• Wilkins was the first Englishman to master Sanskrit.

• His language skills were so admired by William Jones that he acknowledged this.

• "But with Wilkins' help, I could not learn Sanskrit."

• In the book of Indian epigraphy, he was the first European pioneer to read Sanskrit texts.