ABSTRACT
This chapter will try to answer the question concerning the extent to which the Theosophical Society disseminated Hindu concepts as well as ideas on Hinduism in the Dutch East Indies. In order to clarify this issue, it is useful to consider first the more general role played by the Theosophical Society in the Indies in the 11 period from 1880 (the year in which the first local lodge was founded) to 1942 (the beginning of the Japanese occupation).
