We would invite our readers to turn away from these vain attempts to turn a myth into sober history, and to listen to the teaching of those really scholarly Indians who study Hinduism from a scientific standpoint. We have already referred to Sitanath Tattvabhushan’s _Hindu Theism_, and we have frequently used Bose’s _Hindu Civilization under British Rule_ and R. C. Dutt’s works as authorities. We would now call attention to a monograph by one of the greatest scholars in Bengal (_Comparative Studies in Vaishnavism and Christianity_, by Brajendra Nath Seal), where[305] the growth of the Krishna legend is frankly discussed;[306] also to a very remarkable essay on _Buddhist and Vishnuite_ in a recent number of _Sāhitya_[307] by the late Umes Chundra Batabyal, in which grave historical reasons are given for concluding that the _Gītā_ is in part at least a polemic against Buddhism; and to the late Mr. Justice Telang’s introduction to his translation of the _Gītā_ (_S. B. E._, vol. VIII), with regard to which readers will note, that, although the date is put a little earlier than most scholars would put it, no attempt is made to defend the traditional theory of the origin of the Song. Footnote 282: Many of the wisest Indians have spoken out on this subject. The latest utterance is an article on _Pseudo-Nationalism_ in _the Indian Messenger_ for August 9th. Footnote 283: Many other signs of Christian influence might be noted: thus _the Young Men’s Gītā_ is a counterblast to a Christian edition of the Song, and it is besides most evidently arranged and printed in imitation of some tasteful edition of _the Imitation of Christ_; while _the Imitation of Sreekrishna_ proclaims its origin by its very name. Footnote 284: See an essay by Hirendra Nath Dutta, which originally appeared in Sāhitya, now republished as an appendix to Nobin Chundra Sen’s _Kurukshetra_. Footnote 285: p. ii. Footnote 286: pp. 74-76. Footnote 287: p. 1. Footnote 288: _Krishna and Krishnaism_, 16. Footnote 289: _Krishnacharitra_, 42. Footnote 290: _Pānini, his Place in Sanskrit Literature_, 227. Footnote 291: _Srikrishna, his Life and Teachings_, vol. I, p. xxv. Footnote 292: _Physical Religion_, 76. Footnote 293: _Pānini, his Place in Sanskrit Literature_, 227. Footnote 294: It was published in 1861. Footnote 295: Macdonell, 430-431; Kaegi, 7; Max Müller, _Physical Religion_, 63-64; Haraprasad Sastri, _A School History of India_, 4-7; R. C. Dutt, _Brief History of Ancient and Modern India_, 17, 27; Böhtlingk’s _Pānini_ (Leipsic, 1887); Weber, _Indische Studien_, V, 1-172; Hopkins, _R. I._, 350; Bühler in _S. B. E._, vol. II, pp. xxxv, xxxix-xlii; Eggeling in _S. B. E._, vol. xii, p. xxxvii; Bhandarkar, _Early History of the Deccan_, 5. Footnote 296: