A History of Indian Literature v1.c7.s2.38

v1.c7.s2.38

In the same year 1852, in which the great St. Petersburg Dictionary began to appear, Albrecht Weber made an attempt for the first time to write a complete history of Indian literature. The work appeared under the title "Akademische Vorlesungen über indische Literaturgeschichte." A second edition appeared in 1876,¹ and it indicates not only a milestone in the history of Indology, but it has remained, in spite of its defects in style, which make it unpalatable for the general reader, for decades the most reliable and most complete handbook of Indian Literature.