Westernization. Westernization or Westernisation, also occidentalization or occidentalisation, is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture in areas such as industry, technology, law, politics, economics, lifestyle, diet, language, alphabet, religion, philosophy, and values.
Sanskritization also leads to exposure of new ideas, values, and knowledge which are found in sacred and secular Sanskrit literature. The spread of Sanskrit literature, stories and texts increased under British rule. With the coming of British and western technology, such as railways, press radio, plane there was increased the spread of literacy and aided sanskritization. In another sense, there was a deep contrast between sanskritization and westernization. During the 19th century British found in Indian institutions practices such as slavery, human sacrifices, sati, female infanticide, and used all powers to fight against the institutions which they considered barbarous.
So, westernization came to be known as a process through which certain changes were made. Slowly , initially it created a sense of confusion among many Indians as according to them only upper caste (Brahmins) had a right to knowledge, observance in diet(vegetarian) practice teetotalism and was viewed as an ideal caste to sanskritization but here Britishers who ate beef and pork ,drank liquor, possessed economic and political power have access of technology, scientific knowledge, and a great literature. Combination of everything and thus acquire a dominant position.