Colonial Hinduism: An Introduction

In a tightly woven narrative, historian of modern India Amiya P. Sen traces the shifting self-understanding of Hindus in the light of the many challenges posed by the British colonial encounter, offering an accessible yet analytically rich book on the birth and development of modern Hinduism, which will be of interest to students and the interested general reader alike.

Change has been endemic to Hindu cultural life from its inception. It was nevertheless in the modern era, with the advent o...