This book provides a detailed account of the relationship between classical antiquity and the British colonial presence in India. Vasunia highlights the many Indian receptions of Greco-Roman antiquity and shows how classical culture pervaded the thoughts and minds of the British colonizers. It analyses how Indians turned to ancient Greece and Rome during the colonial period for a variety of purposes, including anti-colonialism, nationalism, and collaboration, and
examines some of the great figures of the colonial period such as Gandhi, Nehru, Macaulay, Jowett, and William Jones.