As European powers gained more control of India in the late eighteenth century., Westerners had a similar response to Hinduism that Muslims had had. Hindus do not believe in forcing their beliefs on others, but both Muslims and Christians were determined to convert all India to their respective faiths. In the minds of sincere Christian missionaries replacing Hinduism with the Judeo-Christain tradition was the greatest possible blessing they could bestow on India's heathen.
But some open-minded and sensitive Western artists and intellectuals had a very different response.
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