William Carey's Mahratta Dictionary comprises a word-list occupying nearly seven hundred generously-spaced pages.  It emerged from the teaching demands made of Carey at Fort William College, Calcutta, where as professor he taught East India Company officials several of the languages of India.

It was primarily, however, part of the process by which Carey and his colleagues, Joshua Marshman, William Ward and a cadre of Indian pundits, translated the Bible into Indian languages.

Created: January 11, 2002  Updated: February 1, 2002