As the literature will further reveal, “Indology”, as we know it today, has its foundations in Christian evangelical motives since it was important for the missionaries to understand the social lay of the land of Bharat to harvest souls and convert the “natives” to the “one true faith”.
The Tamil Nadu Police s Idol Wing has traced the 300-year-old, world s first printed Bible translation in Tamil, stolen from the state s Thanjavur, to the King George III museum in London, officials said on Friday.
The Tamil Nadu Police s Idol Wing has traced the 300-year-old, world s first printed Bible translation in Tamil, stolen from the state s Thanjavur, to the King George III museum in London, officials said on Friday.Sources in the Idol Wing told .
An antiquarian Bible, said to be the world's first Tamil version and printed in coastal Tharangambadi of the State in 17th century which was stolen in 2005 was found in a museum in London after 17 years.