What is Indology?
'''Indology''', also known as '''South Asian studies''', is the academic study of the [[history]] and [[cultures]], [[languages]], and literature of the [[Indian subcontinent]] and [[South Asia]]. The term ''Indology'' (in German, ''Indologie'') is often associated with German scholarship, and is used more commonly in departmental titles in German and continental European universities than in the anglophone academy.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pattanaik |first=Devdutt |date=21 February 2016 |title=Devdutt Pattanaik: Four types of Indology |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/devdutt-pattanaik-four-types-of-indology/16973156 |newspaper=[[mid-day]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/indology|title=Indology &#124; Definition of Indology by Lexico|website=Lexico Dictionaries &#124; English|access-date=2020-07-14|archive-date=2021-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509005154/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/Indology|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Related pages== *[[Oriental studies]] [[Category:History of India]] {{stub}}