UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2011 · Q2(b) · 20 marks
“Orientalism produced a knowledge of the past to service the needs of the Colonial States.“ Elucidate. 20
- Chapter
- Social and Cultural Developments
- Topic
- Orientalists and Anglicists
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