The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c5.s5.2

c5.s5.2

Lüders invites attention to the work of the Indian scholars of today, such as are interested in the study of ancient and medieval India, with approval. He points to the conclusions of modern Indian archæological and historical scholarship to the effect that the Indians were *nicht nur in sich gekehrte stille Denker gewesen* (not merely self-ruminating passive thinkers) and that their achievements can be placed by the side of the Occidental at any rate of the same period (*ihre Leistungen sich den abendländischen zum mindesten der gleichen Zeit, zur Seite stellen können* p. 92).