Henry Thomas Colebrooke

Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837) was a celebrated English orientalist, Indologist, and mathematician, born in London. He served under the East India Company, and devoted his spare time to Indian literature. He studied the Sanskrit language, wrote on the Vedas, translated the "Digest of Hindu Law" compiled by Sir William Jones, compiled a Sanskrit Dictionary, and wrote various treatises on the law and philosophy of the Hindus. He was one of the first scholars in Europe to reveal the treasures that lay hid in the literature of the East.

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