09-01-2006, 07:31 PM
Try to get the date when the Schlegel made his connection. He might have preceded Jones. Or might have consolidated Jones discoveries and furthered them in Europe and supplemented Voltaire. So he gets in the chart at earleir stage.
Its this 'chicken and egg ' type of arguements that tie the Indics down and lose the big picture.
The object of the picture is to show that there was a progression of ideas from thinking India is the mother of all civilization(Voltarie, Schelgel granted could be later, mid 18th cent) to India is the reciveing end of all the invader dregs(Max Mueller, mid 19 cen) and thus has no originality. All this in 100 years. The big question should be why?
Also what did Voltaire base his views on?
BTW that was not Acharya's chart. He only posted it. So why complain to him? You could have said the same with out ref to the poster.
Its this 'chicken and egg ' type of arguements that tie the Indics down and lose the big picture.
The object of the picture is to show that there was a progression of ideas from thinking India is the mother of all civilization(Voltarie, Schelgel granted could be later, mid 18th cent) to India is the reciveing end of all the invader dregs(Max Mueller, mid 19 cen) and thus has no originality. All this in 100 years. The big question should be why?
Also what did Voltaire base his views on?
BTW that was not Acharya's chart. He only posted it. So why complain to him? You could have said the same with out ref to the poster.