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Brunsdon and Thomas died
in 1801. The same year, the Governor-General founded Fort William,
a college intended to educate civil
servants. He offered Carey the
position of professor of Bengali. Carey's colleagues at the college
included pundits,
whom he could consult to correct his Bengali testament. He also
wrote grammars of Bengali and Sanskrit,
and began a translation of the Bible into Sanskrit. He also used
his influence with the Governor-General to help put a stop to the
practices of infant sacrifice and suttee,
after consulting with the pundits and determining that they had no
basis in the Hindu sacred writings (although the latter would not
be abolished until 1829).
