what are the main beliefs of the orientalists like William Jones and Henry colebrook
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William Jones produced the genetic similarities between the Indian European languages. he was the 1st person who gave the racial division in the India. He though Egyptian priests came to India in earlier times and settled here. He proposed that the Chinese were Hindu from Kshatria cast.
Henry Colebrook was the 1st great Sanskrit scholar in the Europe. He also studied Hindu law. He wrote some papers including:
1. Agriculture and commerce of Bengal
2. Bible translation into Persians Calcutta
3. Worked on Algebra
4. Essays
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