[36] Captain S. C. Macpherson, "Journal of the Asiatic Society," vol. xiii.
[37] See Lieut. Newbold, "Journal of the Asiatic Society," vol. viii.
[38] Lieut. C. P. Rigby, in "Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society," May to August 1850.
[39] The Soars of Orissa.
[40] Col. Todd, "Travels in Western India."
CHAPTER IV.
THE SANSKRIT LANGUAGE.—ITS RELATIONS TO CERTAIN MODERN LANGUAGES OF INDIA; TO THE SLAVONIC AND LITHUANIC OF EUROPE.—INFERENCES.—BRAHMINISM OF THE PURANAS—OF THE INSTITUTES OF MENU.—EXTRACT.—OF THE VEDAS.—EXTRACT.—INFERENCES.—THE HINDÚS.—SIKHS.—BILUCHI.—AFGHANS.—WANDERING TRIBES.—MISCELLANEOUS POPULATIONS.—CEYLON.—BUDDHISM.—DEVIL-WORSHIP.—VADDAHS.
The language called Sanskrit has a peculiar alphabet. It has long been written, and embodies an important literature. It has been well studied; and its ethnological affinities are understood. They are at least as remarkable as any other of its characters.