[266] See Hayman, Journal of Philology, 1879, p. 139.
[267] See M. M., "History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature," pp. 497 seqq., "On the Introduction of Writing in India."
[268] M. M., "History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature," p. 515.
[269] M. M., "Hibbert Lectures," p. 153.
[270] Learning was anciently preserved by memory. The Jewish, or rather Chaldaic Kabala, or Tradition was not written for many centuries. The Druids of ancient Britain preserved their litanies in the same way, and to a Bard a good memory was indispensable, or he would have been refused initiation.—A. W.
[271] See my article on the date of the Kâsikâ in the Indian Antiquary, 1880, p. 305.
[272] The translation of the most important passages in I-tsing's work was made for me by one of my Japanese pupils, K. Kasawara.
[273] See Bunyiu Nanjio's "Catalogue of the Chinese Tripitaka," p. 372, where Âryasûra, who must have lived before 434 a.d., is mentioned as the author of the "Gâtakamâlâ."
[274] Wellington, 1880.
[275] De Bello Gall. vi. 14; "History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature," p. 506.