Describe the attitude of Colebrook towards India.

He came to India

• He came to represent a particular attitude for India.

• He had a deep respect for ancient culture.

• He felt that India had already attained its glory in the ancient past but had subsequently declined.

• He believed that in order to understand India it was necessary to discover the sacred and legal texts.

• Only a few studies of these texts could form the basis of future development in India.

• Colebrook went about discovering ancient texts, to understand their meaning, translate them and made available for people.