Acceptance of Antiquity by Later Britishers:

Though in the beginning of their Oriental studies, some Britishers did not believe in the antiquity of the Indian history and the veracity of Indian historical literature, we find a change in their later attitude. Max Mueller himself, in the year 1890 AD, accepted the antiquity of Indian history by declaring that it is difficult to decide the antiquity of Rigveda. H. H. Wilson had observed that a very great portion of the Puranas is genuine. V. A. Smith admitted the most systematic record of the Indian historical tradition is that preserved in the dynastic lists of the Puranas. Some recent scientific researches, as we have seen already, have also proved the antiquity. Here are some more examples.

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