Hindu Superiority

The object of the book is by resenting a bird's eye view of the achievements of the ancie4 to invite the attention of thollglatful people to the leading features of the civilization which enabled the inhabitants of this country to contribute so much to the material and moral welof mankiNd. [...] 150 The question of Hindus visiting foreign lands.—The Vedas enjoin it.— Testimony of Sastras.—Manu and the Vahabliara ta.—Travels of Vyasji and Suklideva4i—The expeditions of the Pandavas.—Emperor Sagarji.— The god of the Sea.—Marriaaps of Hindu _kings with ioreign princesses.—Hindus in Turkistan Persia and Russia.—Origin of the different nations of Asia and Europe._T :stim:ny of the Puranas an [...] literature of the world.—The book of Sindebad the Hebrew Parables of Sendebar the Gieek Romance of Syntipas and Seven Sages of Rome all of Indign origin.—Testimony of Al Masudi.—Causes of extrordinary development of this branch of literature of India... [...] It steadies the life of the present elevates and upholds it and lightens and lifts it up by the memory of the great deeds the noble sufferings and the valorous achievements of the men ol old.” To the Hindus therefore it is a matter of supreme importance to study the history of their nation to study an assimilate the teachings of their forefathers—from whom came the. [...] The most ancient coinage in the world is that of the Hindus (Aryas) and the modern discoveries of the coins of Ancient India are conclusive proofs of the vast antiquity of Hindu civilization.