Preface.

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poorly laid foundation, and to follow the trail.

Thanks are due to the courageous man who, through his bold undertaking, beneficially enriched Europe with these insights. May his courage (hitherto he is the only one of his kind) inspire others to harvest in India, where, just as for the mercantile spirit, there is still much for the scholar to harvest among the BrahminsOriginally "Bramanen"; the highest caste in Hindu society, traditionally responsible for sacred knowledge and priesthood.. This too would be a gain for Europe, if they handed down unadulterated traces of the earliest age of the human race.

Perhaps the path would now be easier and less dangerous than Anquetil found it. Permit me to renew his memory among the Germans, and to describe the way he attained these ParsiOriginally "Parsischen"; referring to the Parsi community in India, who are descendants of Persian Zoroastrians and the keepers of the Zend-Avesta texts. treasures