"We will study India with its philosophy and its myths, its literature, its laws and its language. Nay It is more than India it IS a page of the origin of the world that we will attempt to decipher."
— Eugène Burnouf

January 1, 1970

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Eugene Burnouf, Discourse on Sanskrit and Its Literature as quoted in Londhe, S. (2008). A tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture