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Thus under Asiatic, or rather Indian, influence the Central American civilization ‘rose to great heights, but had already collapsed before the advent of the Spaniards, who may have given it the *coup de grace*.’ ‘The Maya civilization rose and fell. It fell so soon as the energy of the driving force that inspired it declined. That is,’ declares the Professor, ‘our view, and we do not believe in an indigenous culture that rose through its own impetus, and that fell as a result of foreign invasion.’ ‘At University College,’ concludes Professor Elliot Smith, ‘we are absolutely convinced that the Maya civilization (of Central America) was directly derived from India.’¹