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Dutch influence in Bengal was hence-forth crippled beyond any chance of recovery and under the pressure of some Indian and extra-Indian forces

Lee has commented: “Not since Coomaraswamy’s History of Indian and Indonesian Art (1927) has there been a survey of such completeness

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Indian and Western Philosophy Centre for Studies in Civilizations Dutch influence in Bengal wasIndian and Western Philosophy: A Study in Contrasts is based on the Forlong Fund Lectures of Dr Betty Heimann under the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society. The philosophies of the West has immensely contributed to the growth of exact sciences, while India, on the other hand, has made more valuable contributions to metaphysics. While keeping the motto of the West as "man is the measure of all things" and the Indian motto of "atman is same in all