A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c6.1

c6.1

FULL seventy years have passed since Sir William Jones published his translation of Śakuntala¹, a work which may fairly be considered as the starting point of Sanskrit philology. The first appearance of this beautiful specimen of dramatic art created at the time a sensation throughout Europe, and the most rapturous praise was bestowed upon it by men of high authority in matters of taste.² At the same time the attention of the historian, the philologist, and the philosopher was roused to the fact that