Excerpt from A Handbook of Sanskrit Literature: With Appendices Descriptive of the Mythology Castes, and Religious Sects of the Hindus The principal of these authorities - some of which works are now difficult to be procured from being out of print may here be mentioned, though generally acknowledged in the body of the treatise. The book to which the Editor has, perhaps, been most largely indebted, is the learned and voluminous work On the History, Litera ture, etc., of the Hindoos, by the late Rev. W. Ward, of Serampore. Next to that he would mention the more modern, but equally learned work, by Professor Max Muller, the History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature. His chief other authorities have been Sir William Jones, H. T. Colebrooke, Esq., and Professor H. H. Wilson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.