French adventurers’ academic forays in the 18th century in India has so far received little scholarly attention. Except some stray remarks and mentioning, it has not been taken up systematically. The present article is an exercise to show that some of the French military adventurers had been touched and impressed by Indian culture and civilization. They, therefore, carried out passionate explorations of Indian books and manuscripts, not only to understand India better but also to acquaint the Occident more. in the process, some them emerged as great collectors. they were pioneers also, in the sense that they were forerunners to the British Indologists who appeared on Indian academic horizon in the last quarter of the 18th century. Anquetil Duperron, Polier, and Gentil were among the the great collectors of books and manuscripts during the time.

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十八世纪北印度的法国学术进军

迄今为止，法国冒险家在 18 世纪在印度的学术尝试很少受到学术界的关注。除了一些流言蜚语和提及外，并没有被系统地处理。本文旨在展示一些法国军事冒险家对印度文化和文明的触动和印象。因此，他们对印度书籍和手稿进行​​了热情的探索，不仅是为了更好地了解印度，而且是为了更多地了解西方。在这个过程中，他们中的一些人成为了伟大的收藏家。他们也是先驱，从某种意义上说，他们是 18 世纪最后 25 年出现在印度学术界的英国印度学家的先驱。Anquetil Duperron、Polier 和 Gentil 是当时伟大的书籍和手稿收藏家。