Question

______ translated the Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh’.

Options

• James Mill

• Friedrich Max Müller

• Mountstuart Elphinstone

• Sir John Marshall

Answer 1

Friedrich Max Müller translated the Sanskrit text of ‘Hitopadesh’.

Explanation:

He was an Orientalist scholar who first translated the Sanskrit Hitopadesh into German; he also edited the Sacred Books of the East and translated the Rigveda, demonstrating his deep engagement with Sanskrit literature and culture, too.