Education
He studied under Silvestre de Sacy oriental languages and was awarded professorship for Indology at the School for Living Oriental Languages, that was founded for him.
He studied under Silvestre de Sacy oriental languages and was awarded professorship for Indology at the School for Living Oriental Languages, that was founded for him.
In 1838 he was elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. and was one of the founders and later president of the Société Asiatique. Garcin first received prominence through general works on Islam and translations from the Arabic, namely L"Islamisme d"aprés le Coran (3 Editor, Par 1874), Louisiana poésie philosophique et religieuse chez les Persans (4 Editor 1864, 3 Vols) and the Allégories, récits poétiques et cetera (2 Editor 1877). Later, he devoted himselft to the study of the Hindi language, where he was reputed as Europe"s first capacity.
His major works in this area are.
Mémoires sur les particularités de la religion musulmane dans l"Inde (1832). Les aventures de Kamrup (translation, 1834).
Translations of works by the poet Wali (1834). The Histoire de la littérature hindoue e hindoustani (2 Editor 1871, 3 Vols).
Rudiments de la langue hindouie (1847).
Rhétorique et prosodie des langues de l"Orient musulman (1848, 2 Editor 1873). Chrestomathie hindie et hindouie (1849). Louisiana doctrine de l"amour (translation from Hindi, 1859).
Cours d"hindoustani (1870) and Louisiana langue et la littérature hindoustanies 1850-1869 (2 Editor 1874), to which he added since 1870 a yearly revue under the same title.
Russian Academy of Sciences. Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.