Carey the only Sanskrit scholar in India besides Colebrooke--The
motive of the missionary scholar--Plans translation of the
sacred books of the East--Comparative philology from Leibniz to
Carey--Hindoo and Mohammedan codes and colleges of Warren
Hastings--The Marquis Wellesley--The College of Fort William
founded--Character of the Company's civil and military servants
--Curriculum of study, professors and teachers--The vernacular
languages--Carey's account of the college and his appointment--
How he studied Sanskrit--College Disputation Day in the new
Government House--Carey's Sanskrit speech--Lord Wellesley's
eulogy--Sir James Mackintosh--Carey's pundits--He projects the
Bibliotheca Asiatica--On the Committee of the Bengal Asiatic
Society--Edition and translation of the Ramayana epic--The
Hitopadesa--His Universal Dictionary--Influence of Carey on the
civil and military services--W. B. Bayley; B. H. Hodgson; R.
Jenkins; R. M. and W. Bird; John Lawrence. When, in the opening
days of the nineteenth century, Will