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