Indomania
Sign in to saveIndomania or Indophilia refer to the special interest that India, Indians and their cultures and traditions have generated across the world, more specifically among the cultures and civilisations of the Indian subcontinent, as well those of the Arab and Western world. The initial British interest in governing their newly absorbed territories awoke the interest in India, in particular its culture and ancient history. Later the people with interests in Indian aspects came to be known as Indologists and their subject as Indology. The opposite of Indomania is Indophobia.
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- History
- Influence of India on Southeast Asia
- 18th and 19th centuries
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Politics
- Education
- Science
- By country
- Gallup Poll 2016
- BBC World Service polls
- BBC poll 2017
- BBC poll 2014
- BBC poll 2007
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Indomania or Indophilia refer to the special interest that India, Indians and their cultures and traditions have generated across the world, more specifically among the cultures and civilisations of the Indian subcontinent, as well those of the Arab and Western world. The initial British interest in governing their newly absorbed territories awoke the interest in India, in particular its culture and ancient history. Later the people with interests in Indian aspects came to be known as Indologists and their subject as Indology. The opposite of Indomania is Indophobia.
==History==