Christian subversion and missionary activities

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>Can anyone with telugu knowledge throw some light on this brown? thanks

He was colonial administrator in Cuddapah region. He compiled Telugu-English dictionary. What ever his/colonial motivation may be, it is a good book. More importantly, he collated Vemana (Vema Reddy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vemana) moral poems from various written and oral sources in and around Cuddapah region. That is his greatest contribution to Telugu literature.

I don't think there was any evangelical motivation surrounding his linguistic works. He learned Telugu as part of Colonial govt order to learn local languages.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Philip_Brown