James Skinner's treatise on India's caste system was based on Sanskrit sources that were later translated into Persian.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Perso-Indica academic database, Asia Society Museum exhibition text, and historian Rana Safvi's account, all consistent on Skinner's Tashrih al-Aqvam being based on Sanskrit sources translated into Persian.
Sources
- The Library of Congress Has Digitized 155 Persian Texts Dating ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- http://perso-indica.net/work/treatises_of_mixed_contents/tasrih_al-aqwam (perso-indica.net)
- https://sites.asiasociety.org/princesandpainters/tashrih-al-aqvam-album/ (sites.asiasociety.org)
- https://ranasafvi.com/james-skinner-and-tashrih-al-aqvam/ (ranasafvi.com)