Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c32.s1.55

c32.s1.55

9—10. The argument is against the theory of fanciful quotations in the A S. If there was a long previous literary activity, the quotations are natural. If before the A., *i.e.*, before Alexander, there were technical treatises, K. could not make every science begin after the Greek invasion. Why should the existence of treatises be a reason to fix the date too low and not 'too high' (a term too ambiguous to meet) is not explained by the learned scholar.