The Calcutta Review an Illustrated Monthly (Third Series) December 1937

This city which was the capital of the Imperial Mauryas and the Gupta: the scene of the activities of Bhadrabahu and of Sher Shah and the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh may well be described as an epitome of the land of Hindus and Muslims of Jains and Sikhs. [...] The pyramids bear mutt testimony to a vanished civilisation on the banks of the Nile the winged bulls are but lifeless relics of another culture that once flourished on the banks of the Euphrates and the Tigris the ruins of Persepolis and Susa are today but subjects of antiquarian interest. [...] Is it then her climate that deteriorated the sturdy Aryan Turk and Afghan in turn ? If this were so how are we to account for the rise of the Mahrattas and the Rohillas the Jets and the Sikhs ? How are we to explain the resurrection of the Raj puts? [...] and prove to the world that Indian scholars are second to none in their efforts to serve the cause of the humanities and the science! in relation to the unktters:-.1 progress of India and of human civilisation itself.- Delivered on 27th November at the Annual Convocation of the Patna Univerdtr. [...] The elevation of Aidar Naique to the despotic government of the kingdom of Maissur enabled him to conspire against the person and estate of his master and benefactor for with this evil design he set to ingratiate himself with the king of Bering Patan and all the nobles of his court so that they might be propitiated while he worked against Anand Raja.