There is a strong presumption in favor of (Indian) traditio… - Frederick Eden Pargiter

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There is a strong presumption in favor of (Indian) tradition; if anyone contests tradition, the burden lies on him to show that it is wrong.

Frederick Eden Pargiter

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Frederick Eden Pargiter (1852 - 18 February 1927) was a British civil servant and Orientalist.

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The bulk of the Rigveda was composed in the great development of Brahmanism that arose under the succesors of king Bharata who reigned in the upper Ganges-Jumna doab and plain;

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