In:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 87, No. 3-4 ( 1955-10), p. 105-123
Abstract:
During the eighteenth century the East India Company did not consider the education of its own European civil servants as a necessary care. Appointment was by patronage, and it was assumed that the parents and friends of a writer would have subjected him to the ordinary education of his class. With no more than this background a young writer would sail for India at the age of about seventeen years. The Indian Service was confined to comparatively few families and he might reasonably expect to find relatives or friends of relatives at any of the three Presidencies, and these would give him hospitality and guidance. His initial employment would be as a copying clerk; as such hewould become familiar with the routine of the service before being given a post of responsibility. The only concession made by the Company to his need for any other instruction than that given by his daily employment was the payment to him of a Munshi's allowance , so that he might hire an Indian to teach him Persian and the local language.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1356-1863
,
1474-0591
DOI:
10.1017/S0035869X00114029
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1955
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2052836-X
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2971643-3
SSG:
0
SSG:
6,24
SSG:
6,23
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