A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s3.4

v1.c26.s3.4

Max Müller wrote in a letter to Takakusu²⁷¹ that we must not expect from I-ching any trustworthy information on the ancient literature of India;²⁷² he added that, though the works of Chinese pilgrims throw little light on the ancient literature, or even on what is called the Renaissance period up to 400 A.D., they have proved of great help to us in fixing the dates of Sanskrit writers whom they either knew personally or who had died not long before their times.²⁷³