Question

what kind of education where the Orientalist interested in the given Indians

Answer 1

Recruit educated Indians as clerks in the offices at cheaper pay, who would be loyal to them.

To bring Englishmen from England was too costly and not even possible for these jobs.

To cut down the cost of administration.

British expected, Indians would become ‘good subjects’ and accept British rule willingly.

Name the two institutions which were set-up by Orientalist thinking group.

A Madrasah was set up in Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1781 –study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic law.

The Sanskrit College was established in Banaras in 1791 –to learn Sanskrit texts and Hindu