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{FN41-3} Six volumes on ANCIENT INDIA (Calcutta, 1879).
{FN41-5} Neither Alexander nor any of his generals ever crossed
the Ganges. Finding determined resistance in the northwest, the
Macedonian army refused to penetrate farther; Alexander was forced
to leave India and seek his conquests in Persia.
{FN41-5} From this question we may surmise that the "Son of Zeus"
had an occasional doubt that he had already attained perfection.
{FN41-6} All Greek observers comment on the lack of slavery in
India, a feature at complete variance with the structure of Hellenic
society.
{FN41-7} CREATIVE INDIA by Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar gives a
comprehensive picture of India's ancient and modern achievements
and distinctive values in economics, political science, literature,
art, and social philosophy. (Lahore: Motilal Banarsi Dass, Publishers,
1937, 714 pp., $5.00.)
Another recommended volume is INDIAN CULTURE THROUGH THE AGES, by
S. V. Venatesvara (New York: Longmans, Green & Co., $5.00).
{FN41-8} Manu is the universal lawgiver; not alone for Hindu society,
but for the world. All systems of wise social regulations and even
justice are patterned after Manu. Nietzsche has paid the following
tribute: "I know of no book in which so many delicate and kindly
things are said to woman as in the LAWBOOK OF MANU; those old
graybeards and saints have a manner of being gallant to women which
perhaps cannot be surpassed .


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