The translation of Geeta into English in 1784 called Bhagvit - Geeta marked, in William Jones’s…
Charles Wilkins translated the Bhagavad Gita into English. The standard publication date is 1785 rather than the 1784 given in the question; H.J. Colebrooke, Rammohan Roy…
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The translation of Geeta into English in 1784 called Bhagvit - Geeta marked, in William Jones’s
opinion, an “event that made it possible for the first time to have a reliable impression of
Indian Literature”. Who was the translator ?
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Correct answer A
Charles Wilkins translated the Bhagavad Gita into English. The standard publication date is 1785 rather than the 1784 given in the question; H.J. Colebrooke, Rammohan Roy and Nathaniel Halhed are not this translation’s author.
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