RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURE AND AFFINITY OF ANCIENT AND HINDU MYTHOLOGY

About the Book:-The author reveals that in doing his former work on the Origin and Affinity of Languages it naturally occurred to him that the argument which he maintained in it would have been greatly corroborated, could he has at the same time evinced that the original seat of the mythology which prevails in India at the present day was Babylonia; and that it had been thence communicated to Asia Minor, from which country the Pelasgi had, in the course of their migrations, introduced it into Thracia, Greece, Latium, and Etruria. The affinity which appears to exist amongst the polytheisms of India, Egypt, Greece, and Italy, has already attracted considerable attention but it will perhaps be admitted, that no correct opinion can be formed on this point, unless just notions, with respect to the principles upon which ancient mythology was founded, have been previously acquired. Unfortunately, however, all authors, whether ancient or modern, who have attempted to explain these principles. The principal object, however, of these Researches is to exhibit as correct a view as possible of the Hindu religion; and, if he has not failed in attaining this object, the reader will be able to form his own opinion with respect to the affinity which exists between it and the religious systems of antiquity. About the Author:-Vans Kennedy (1784–1846) was a Scottish major-general of the British Army, an East India Company official, and a Sanskrit and Persian scholar. In 1817, Kennedy was appointed judge-advocate-general to the Bombay army. Mountstuart Elphinstone, who admired him as a scholar, gave him the appointment of Marāthā and Gujarāti translator of the regulations of government, but the post was abolished a few months after Elphinstone's retirement. He held the office of judge-advocate-general until 1835, when he was removed by Sir John Keane. After that, he was appointed oriental translator to the government, and he held this office for the rest of his life. He died unmarried in Bombay on 29 December 1846, and was buried in the European cemetery at Back-Bay. The Title 'RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURE AND AFFINITY OF ANCIENT AND HINDU MYTHOLOGY written/authored/edited by VANS KENNEDY', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121226417 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 520 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 17.78 x 24.13 cms Vol:-