Abstract
Abstract This chapter brings three iconic Indologists into the discussion of modern Indian literature: Sir William Jones, the founder of the Asiatic Society (18th century); Sir George Abraham Grierson, the architect of the first-ever linguistic survey of India (19th century); and Dr. Verrier Elwin, the architect of India’s policy for the indigenous (20th century). The chapter presents their work as a continuation of a single intellectual project, which made an invisible India visible to the world. India’s past, its linguistic landscape, and the communities of India, made visible by the three, conclusively shaped the horizons of self-perception in India. The collective impact of their life’s work has formed an unchallenged substratum of modern Indian literature.
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