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[^1): *Miscellaneous Essays*, Madras, 1872, pp. 9 ff. A German translation was published in 1847. For the beginnings of Vedic research, see W. *Caland*, "De Ontdekkingsgeschiedenis van den Veda," Amsterdam 1918, and *Th. Zachariae*, *GGA.*, 1921, 148 ff. (English in the Journal of Indian History, May, 1923.) [^2): The fate of this prince forms the subject of a beautiful, unfortunately too little known tragedy by *L. von Schroeder*, "Dara oder Schah Dschehan und seine Söhne" (Mitau 1891). [^3): *Anquetil du Perron*, too, was among those who were inspired by the Upaniṣads, and was himself a kind of Indian ascetic. See *E. Windisch*, "Die altindischen Religionsurkunden und die christliche Mission," Leipzig, 1897, p. 15, and "Geschichte der Sanskrit-Philologie," pp. 48 ff. [^4): The complete title is: "Oupnek'hat *i.e.* secretum tegendum, opus ipsa in India rarissimum, continens antiquam et arcanam s. theologicam, et philosophicam doctrinam e quatuor sacris Indorum libris, Rak Beid, Djedir Beid, Sam Beid, Athrban Beid excerptam : ad verbum e persico idiomate, Sanscreticis vocabulis intermixto in latinum conversum... studio et opera *Anquetil du Perron*... Parisiis 1801-1802, 4, 2 Vol." Partly translated into German, Nürnberg, 1808. "Oupnek'hat" is a corruption of "Upaniṣad" and "Rak Beid" etc. are corruptions of "Ṛg-veda," "Yajur-veda," "Sāmaveda" and "Atharva-veda."