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Teaching French in India

The development of Francophilia and Francophonie in India was part of the movement to participate in the narrative of the nation in the context of British rule...

Samuel Berthet, historian and researcher, director of the Alliance française in Hyderabad

The Collège de France and India

Inaugurated by Antoine-Léonard Chézy in January 1815, the chair for Sanskrit at the Collège de France was long one of the most prestigious and important places for Indian studies in Paris, attracting researchers from all over Europe and feeding scientific relations with South Asia.

Jérôme Petit, Head of South and Southeast Asia Collections, Manuscripts Department, BnF

Indian studies at the EPHE

A chair for Sanskrit language was introduced as soon as the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) was established in 1868, making Indian studies an essential element of the courses on offer at this new style of college.

Jérôme Petit, Head of South and Southeast Asia Collections, Manuscripts Department, BnF

The Institut de Civilisation Indienne in Paris

The Institut de Civilisation Indienne (ICI – Institute of Indian Civilisation) was created by decree on 18 June 1927 at the initiative of three great orientalists, Sylvain Lévi (1863-1935), Émile Senart (1847-1928) and Alfred Foucher (1865-1952).

Ronan Moreau, lecturer in Indian Studies and head of the Indian and Central Asian Studies Library at the Collège de France.