Max Muller And His Contemporaries (Deluxe)

When the formal request came from Dr R. V. Iyer, Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, to participate in the German Festival in India by holding a seminar, we heartily welcomed it. Besides fostering IndoGerman friendship, the festival would also commemorate the death centenary of Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1900), regarded by Swami Vivekananda as the reincarnation of Saym}a, the great ancient rsi. The theme chosen for the seminar here was 'Max Muller and His Contemporaries'. Its purpose was to take stock of the field of Indology today and look ahead to the future in areas-such as Sanskrit studies, comparative religion, philosophy, and social criticism-in which Max Muller made such outstanding contributions.