२३२ भारतीय साम्राज्य. [ भांग आपल्या विशाल कल्पनेच्या योगानें विलक्षण रमणीयता आणि चारुसौन्दर्य आणिले आहे. इतकेंच नाहीं तर, पाश्चिमात्य आणि पौरस्त राष्ट्रांत ज्या ज्या कल्पितक- थांचा अथवा सुरस कादंबऱ्यांचा फैलाव झालेला दृष्टीस पडतो, त्या सर्वांचें मूळे भरतखंडच असून, काल्पनिक सृष्टि मागील पृष्टावरून पुढे चालू Hindus has in the most wonderful degree put forth all its peculiar grace and charm. These too share with the fables the characteristic form of setting just referred to, and thereby, as well as by numerous points of detail, they are suffi- ciently marked out as the original source of most of the Arabian, Persian, and Western fairy tales and stories;" ( H, I. I. By Pro. weber P. P. 212-2I3.) १. “Horace Wilson thinks it probable that in fiction much of the invention displayed on the revival of letters in Europe was referable to an Indian origin; that enough has been ascertained to determine the actual existance in Sanskrit or in vernacular translations from it of a very exten- sive literature of fiction, in which many of our European acquaintances are at once to be recognis-, ed ; and that the Hindus occupy an early and pro minent place in the history of fiction." (Speeches and Writtings of Dádabhai, M. P.
