Indika

Jean-Marie Lafont, PhD (Lyons), worked twelve years in Lahore and twenty-two years in New Delhi. His research on La presence francaise dans le royaume Sikh du Penjab won him a D. Litt from the University of Paris 3 (published in 1992 by Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient) and was awarded the Giles Award by the French Academy in 1995. He has taught at the University of Benghazi (Libya), the University of Punjab (Lahore, Pakistan), the University of Lyons 3 (France) and the University of Delhi (India). Subsequently he was a Senior Research Scholar at, and Research Coordinator of, the Centre for Human Sciences, Embassy of France, New Delhi. He has a large number of books to his credit.

Introduction; India & the Age of Enlightenment, 1612-1849; Inida & the Orient in Fabri de Peiresc: Memoire pour les Indes (1630); The Quest for Indian Manuscripts by the French in the Eighteenth Century; Company Paintings or Firinghee Paintings? French Contribution to an Eighteenth Century School of Painting in India; Some Aspects of the Relations between Tipu Sultan & France, 1761-1799: Tipu Sultans Embassy to Versailles in 1787; Benoit de Boigne in Hindustan: His Impact on the Doab, 1784-1795; The French in the Sikh Kingdom of the Punjab, 1822-1849; An Indian Princess in Saint-Tropez: Bannou Pan Dei, Madame Allard, 1814-1884; French Patronage of Art in the Punjab Kingdom, 1822-1849: The Case of General Allard; The Numismatic Collection of General Court & Instructions of the French Academy for an Archaeological Survey of Punjab, 1836; The Commerce of Punjab & Kashmir in 1832: C.M. Wades Report to the East India Company; Classical Indian Influence of Albert Camus; Andre Malraux: Voyage in Gandhara, 1931; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

"In this book the author looks at the period of colonization and the Raj when India's culture was filtered through a british lens. He is also concerned with modern history." The Book review.