Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting edge scholarship in the field of German-Indian and South Asian Studies," " "Transcultural Encounters between Germany and India "looks at the history of German-Indian relations in the spheres of culture, politics, and intellectual life. Combining transnational, post-colonial, and comparative approaches, the book first examines the ways in which nineteenth century "Indomania" figured in the creation of both German national identity and modern German scholarship on the Orient, illustrating how German encounters with India in the Imperial era...