Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s5.10

v2.c27.s5.10

deterioration. Where can we look for sages like those whose systems of philosophy were the [609] prototypes of those of Greece : to whose works Plato, Thales, and Pythagoras were disciples ? Where shall we find the astronomers, whose knowledge of the planetary system yet excites wonder in Europe, as well as the architects and sculptors, whose works claim our admiration, and the musicians, “ who could make the mind oscillate from joy to sorrow, from tears to smiles, with the change of modes and varied intonation.” ¹ The manners of those days must have corresponded with this advanced stage of refinement, as they must have suffered from its decline : yet the homage paid by Asiatics to precedent has preserved many relics of ancient customs, which have survived the causes that produced them.