Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.103
Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.103
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³ A good example of the out-of-the-way information gleaned by Megasthenes is given by Strabo, xv. I. 59. "The Brahmins from the time of conception in the womb are under the care of learned men who go to the mother with incantations for the welfare of herself and her offspring." Here is a clear reference to the Pum-Savana and Garbha-Rakshaṇa of the Gṛihya Sūtras. (Barnett, Indian Antiq. Ch. IV.)