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The Orientalist school of thought wanted to encourage the indigenous system of education in India. Sir William Jones was an Orientalist. He admired India's culture and heritage. He also translated many traditional Hindu sacred texts into English. He was a great scholar and visionary and realized that India had a very rich cultural heritage. Jones declared that the Sanskrit language is more perfect than any other language. Henry Thomas Colebrooke was another admirer of Indian culture and heritage .Together they worked to bring to the world the glory of India's rich past. They believed that the western civil sations had a lot to learn from India's past civilisations. Also, rediscovering their own heritage would in still a feeling of self-respect in Indians.
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