Charles Wilkins was a famous British scholar
and Orientalist who played an important part in instilling interest in Oriental
studies in the Europe. His claim to fame rests in being the first translator of
Bhagavad Gita into English. Completed in 1784, this translation is considered
the first direct one of a Sanskrit work into English.
Charles Wilkins, an employee of the East
India Company, learnt Sanskrit, Bengali and helped William Jones found the
Asiatic Society of Bengal on 1st January, 1784. In 1787, Wilkins translated Hitopadesha.
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