Ludwig Alsdorf and Indian Studies Model Press Pvt. Ltd. then my pupil

then my pupil

The confidential minutes and despatches of the Governors-General and the Court of Directors or Secretary of State

with which Vedic scholars are already familiar

We must give due credit to the last redactor of YV for presenting that valuable oral tradition of ascetic poetry in a refined form

though he himself is a smarta (non-sectarian and orthodox high caste Hindu)

Ludwig Alsdorf and Indian Studies Model Press Pvt. Ltd. then my pupilLudwig Alsdorf (1904 1978) was one of the most active and competent exponents of recent German Indology. He has made lasting contributions to various branches of Indian studies we mention only Jainism, Buddhism and Veda. But he has also studied and described Indian history and civilization as a whole. The greater part of his writings is meant for the specialist. But he was also fully aware of the need to inform a wider public. L. Alsdorfs's researches