Bhattacharyya-Panda, Nandini.

Appropriation and invention of tradition: the East India Company and Hindu law in early colonial Bengal / East India Company and Hindu law in early colonial Bengal Nandini Bhattacharyya-Panda. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford.

1. The Pre-colonial Tradition of the Dharmasastras -- 2. Hindu Law of Property and Inheritance and the East India Company Officials, 1698-1772 -- 3. Vivadarnavasetu and A Code of Gentoo Laws -- 4. Towards a Second Code: The Response to New Imperatives -- 5. Vivadabhangarnava and A Digest of Hindoo Laws

9780198083788 0198083785


Law--History--India--Bengal
Customary law--History--India--Bengal
Hindu law--Reception--History--India.--Bengal


Bengal (India)--Colonial influence.

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