PREFACE
 

THIS work on the Vicissitudes of Aetan ClVlLt.
ZATION IN India was written under great and
special difficulties. The advertisement announcing
a prize reached me about the middle of the month of
May. About the beginning of June this work was
begun, and as sheets after sheets were written, they
were handed over to an amanuensis. The services of
a good writer who could understand what he wrote,
could not be procured in Poena. The work was
completed inDeoember and sent off toEuropethrough
the Italian Legation in London. Thus I could obtain
only six months for the collection, collation of
materials and the composition of the work. But
during the time, this was not the only work I
had to do. I was engaged, for five hours a day,
in administering a large school consisting of more
than 500 young men. The administration of a
large High School, and this in a town like Poena, is
not an easy task. Again, I had already undertaken
editing and annotating on the systems of Indian
philosophy in my " Studies in Indian Philosophy,"
a monthly periodical. This engaged me from
day to day at least for three hours. When
these circumstances are examined, the reader will
realize the difficulties of my position. I do
not, however, crave the indulgence of the reader.
All I have to say is placed before him with such
evidence as I can produce. I am compelled to differ
in  some  points  from   such  German   scholars as