...in aucient times, venerated to the present day. The Hindu scarcely lives, as I have said elsewhere, man or woman, high or low, educated or ignorant, whose...earliest recollections do not cling round the story of this ancient epic. The humble manufacturer and artisan of Bengal still spells out some modern translation...

...millions of Hindus cherish to the present day the story of their ancient epics. " The Hindu," he writes, " scarcely lives, man or woman, high or low, educated...not cling round the story and the characters of the Mahabharata," listening to it either in the original, or to a translation into one of the many vernaculars....

...in their hearts the story of their ancient epics. The Hindu scarcely lives, man or woman, high and low, educated or ignorant, whose earliest recollections...round the story and the characters of the great epics. An almost illiterate oil -manufacturer of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Mahabharata...

...discloses to us an ancient and forgotten world, a proud and noble civilisation which has passed away. For the rest, the people of modern India know how...characters of the great Epics. The almost illiterate oil manufacturer or confectioner of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the " Mahabharata...

...centuries hefore Christ, is now the religion of a third of the human race. For the rest, the people ol modern India know how to appreciate their ancient...of Bengal spells out some modern translation of the Maka-hharata to while away his leisure hour. The tall and stalwart peasantry of the North-West know...