Document Raj : writing and scribes in early colonial south India /
Bhavani Raman.
- xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- South Asia across the disciplines .
Rs.795/- Gratis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
Introduction -- Scribal practice -- Cutcherry scribes -- Scribal skills -- Writing and pedagogy -- Cutcherry Tamil -- Schools and writing -- Document Raj -- Duplicity and evidence -- Addressing the Raj -- Conclusion.
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East India Company--Records and correspondence--History--19th century.
Scribes Tamil language--Writing Documentation Public administration Accounting Bureaucracy--History--India--Tamil Nadu--19th century.