A 19th Century Murder that Excavated a Second-Century Sanskrit Manuscript: Episode One

How the brutal murder of a 19th century British trader led to the unlikely discovery of a valuable 2nd century Sanskrit Manuscript.

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WHAT BEGAN AS AN ARGUMENT between two businessmen led to the murder of one of them and launched a manhunt against the murderer and culminated in the accidental discovery of a 2^nd Century CE Sanskrit manuscript that rattled the world of Indology in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries.

The story begins with the British explorer, tea-planter and di…