The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History

by Manu S. Pillai

Rajyavyavaharakosa, a dictionary he commissioned, declares, ‘overvalued Yavana [foreign] words’ were now to be replaced with ‘educated speech’. He had nothing against individual Muslims, but he jettisoned older systems built on Islamic ideals and sought one inspired by Indian high tradition.

Yavana means foreign. Not Greece as we learnt from Sandilyan's stories.