 
 <prompt> Wetin pipo bin dey see as di superioroty of di Indian race for di 18th century? Given di previous question, write a context wey contain di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: ```Orientalist scholars of the 18th century like Sir William Jones mark wave of excitement for Indian culture and for Sanskrit. According to Thomas Trautmann, after this period of "Indomania", some kind hostility to Sanskrit and to Indian culture in general begin show for early 19th century Britain, wey dey show as neglect of Sanskrit for British academia. Dis na beginning of general push wey dey support the idea say India suppose dey culturally, religiously and linguistically assimilated to Britain as much as possible. Trautmann believe say two different and logically opposite sources dey for the growing hostility: one na "British Indophobia", wey he call essentially developmentalist, progressivist, liberal, and non-racial-essentialist criticism of Hindu civilization as aid for the improvement of India along European lines; the other na scientific racism, a theory of the English "common-sense view" say Indians be "separate, inferior and unimprovable race".``` 