The historical relationship between Scotland and India is arelatively unexplored part of colonial history. This project seeksto re-examine the interchange of ideas initiated in the 18thcentury by the Scottish Enlightenment, and the ways in whichthese ideas were reformed and shaped to fit the changing social fabric of Scotland and India in the 19th and 20th centuries.In this volume, the significance and influence both nations hadon the other is examined and brought to light for the first time.With contributions from key individuals and institutions in bothScotland and India, the range of ideas that were interchanged between the two nations will be explored in the contexts of culture studies, history, the social sciences and literature.