The collection of lectures of Max Muller portrays India, specially, the Vedic India, as an epitome of virtuosity and morality, whose glory is equal if not greater to the classical Greek or Roman Civilizations. Max Muller urges the Westerners to come out of their supreme colonial mindset and admire and adopt the multi-dimensional efficacy that is inherent in India. Muller espouses an amazing depth of love and reverence for India, and highlights such positive aspects about her that it compels the reader to look at his or her own country in a different positive light.
About the Author
Fredrick Max Muller(1823-1900)was a great linguist and Indological Scholar from Germany. He began study of Sanskrit under Prof. Brockhaus and soon chose it as his special pursuit.His first attempt appeared in the translation of Hitopadesha, published in Liepzig 1844. The East India company commissioned him to edit the Rigveda at their expense in 1847,which resulted in the publication of six giant volumes on the subject. He is also credited with elegantly translating Kalidasa's Meghaduta. His list of publications include History of ancient Sanskrit Literature, Introduction to the Science of Religion, Science of Mythology and Auld Lang Syne. Before his death in 1900 at Oxford he was crowned with most honours and awards a scholar could aspire to have.
