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Over the years it took to write this book, many people and organizations have provided me direct and material support. I will surely neglect to mention some, but there are still many I wish to thank. An earlier avatār of this work appeared as my doctoral dissertation. The Dean's Office of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University provided research support at the time. Margot Finn read the early drafts with great care and interest. The Center for Research Libraries generously loaned me most of the volumes of the Asiatick Researches for an extended period of time. Gillian Evison of the Indian Institute in Oxford helped me locate source materials. Jim Benson of Oxford helped me evaluate the Sanskrit of various missionary translations. As co-director of the dissertation, David Pacini spent many hours on the final draft and, in many intimate conversations, pushed both the concept of the project and its stylistic expression toward greater clarity. Sunanda Sanyal coached me through archaic Bengali passages and was a marvelous conversation partner. Hena Basu helped me locate many important documents and resources in Calcutta.
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