Christopher Harding

The man who got the West to fall in love with India’s sacred literature

How William Jones's ground-breaking argument in favour of 'Asiatic poetry', published 250 years ago, captivated Europe's men of letters

Illustration of Radha and Krishna (c. 1785), the central lovers of 12th-century poem ‘Gita-Govinda’, by Jayadeva, translated by William Jones in 1792. © Christie’s Images/Bridgeman Images
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