n 1864 Abbé J.A. Dubois, a French Catholic missionary of the Missions Étrangères de Paris to India, published one of the first detailed ethnographic manuscript of India. Henry K. Beauchamp of the Royal Asiatic Society edited, republished, and translated to English this manuscript as Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies: The Classic First-Hand Account of India in the Nineteenth Century in several editions. https://goo.gl/VF2m5D Plus
