Preface.

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[indifferen]t men, he himself decided on a journey to Asia, in order to have the merit of explaining this sealed book to all of Europe. In choosing between Kerman A city in Iran and a historical center of the Zoroastrian faith. and Surat A major port city in Gujarat, India, which became a primary settlement for the Parsi community., as this religion is practiced in both places, the weight fell upon the latter, in the hope of also learning the Sanskrit language Originally "Samscretansprache." in India, in which the Vedas Originally "Vedams"; the oldest scriptures of Hinduism., the holy books of the Indians, are written. He revealed his resolution to various noblemen who encouraged him and promised him support through the King’s ministers, as well as by winning over the Indian Company The French East India Company (Compagnie des Indes).. Perhaps being too weak, or perhaps too dilatory, they exhausted the fiery spirit of Anquetil, who, knowing the financial inability of his family, enlisted—as a soldier of the Indian Company—