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H.H. Wilson, the first Professor of Sanskrit at the Oxford University, was one of the earliest researchers and exponents of Indology. He is better known today as the first English translator of the entire Rgveda (1850). A number of research works of permanent value also add to his pioneer renderings of several Sanskrit texts into English.

S.N. Tiwari is young and dynamic research Sanskrit scholar of Magadh University, Gaya. He has edited more than five books and presented several research papers in national seminars.

Dandin of 7th Century was not only a poet and literary theorist of repute but a prose-writer of a high order. The view that Dandin was a resident of Kanchi, that he flourished under the Pallava kings, and that Ratnavarman (or Rajavarman) referred to by him is a Pallava prince, is based not on very firm ground. Dandin is reputed for his elegant use of words (padalalitya) ad is the precursor of the Riti school which was developed by Vamana. His most outstanding contribution to poetics is the concept of Guna. In his definition of poetry, Dandin gives more importance to the word-element. The Dashakumaracharita was considered as his second work.