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Synopsis CURIOUS and paradoxical as the title may appear at the very out set, it is my earnest wish and prayer that all Hindus interested in their ancient country, literature and religion, as well as those desirous of knowing Indian affairs better, will kindly condescend to peruse, at least as a pas-time, this little essay, which with all its unavoidably serious defects may be assured to be the humblest product of several years’ continued and anxious efforts. It is not possible nor perhaps desirable to explain in the very beginning the exact purport of the whole, but it is hoped that the mere reading of a few pages will render its real meaning and object almost self-evident. But it might however be necessary here to be forewarned that the subject on the whole is too serious to allow its handling with indifference or contempt, and that as such it is not likely to please all or even many. It must also be confessed that it is impossible to invent any other suitable method of treatment to avoid this difficulty and that it would there fore be no cause of disappointment, if none but competent and sympathising readers interest themselves with the contents of this essay.