Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c16.85

c16.85

These examples and those in chapter V show how the misunderstanding of names and the desire to explain them led to the fabrication of fanciful tales and mythology. Indeed a great deal of the mythology is no doubt the work of brahmans who lacked the historical sense and mistook facts, and it is not euhemerism to look in that direction for the origin of silly stories and mythology connected with persons.