1.

Max Mller was a British agent, especially employed (in 1847) to write the translations of the
Vedas in such a demeaning way so that the Hindus should lose faith in them. His personal letter to
his wife dated December 9, 1867 reveals this fact.
2. He was highly paid for this job. According to the statistical information given on page 214 of
the English Education, 1798-1902 by John William Adamson, printed by Cambridge University
Press in 1930, the revised scale of a male teacher was 90 per year and for a woman, 60 in 1853.
The present salary of a teacher in London is 14,000 to 36,000 per year, which averages a minimum
of at least 200 times increase in the last 146 years. Max Mller was paid 4 per sheet of his writing
which comes to 800 of today (1999). This is an incredibly high price for only one sheet of writing.
But its the general law of business, that the price of a commodity increases with its demand. The
British were in such an imperative need to get someone to do this job and Max Mller was the right
person, so they paid whatever Max Mller asked for. His enthusiastic letter to his mother dated April
15, 1847 reveals this fact.
3. Max Mllers letters dated August 25, 1856 and December 16, 1868 reveal the fact that he
was desperate to bring Christianity into India so that the religion of the Hindus should be doomed.
His letters also reveal that:
4. He lived in poverty before he was employed by the British, (5) his duplicity in translation was
praised by his superiors, and (6) in London, where he lived, there were a lot of orientalists working
for the British.

Letters of Max Mller.

The Life and Letters of Friedrich Max Mller. First published in 1902 (London and N.Y.).
Reprint in 1976 (USA).

1. TO HIS WIFE, OXFORD, December 9, 1867.

I feel convinced, though I shall not live to see it, that this edition of mine and the translation of
the Veda will hereafter tell to a great extent on the fate of India, and on the growth of millions of
souls in that country. It is the root of their religion, and to show them what that root is, I feel sure,
the only way of uprooting all that has sprung from it during the last 3,000 years.

2. TO HIS MOTHER, 5 NEWMAN'S ROW, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, April 15, 1847.
I can yet hardly believe that I have at last got what I have struggled for so long I am to hand
over to the Company, ready for press, fifty sheets each year; for this I have asked 200 a year, 4 a
sheet. They have been considering the matter since December, and it was only yesterday that it
was officially settled.

In fact, I spent a delightful time, and when I reached London yesterday I found all settled, and I
could say and feel, Thank God! Now I must at once send my thanks, and set to work to earn the first
100.

3. TO CHEVALIER BUNSEN. 55 ST. JOHN STREET, OXFORD, August 25, 1856.

India is much riper for Christianity than Rome or Greece were at the time of St. Paul. The rotten
tree has for some time had artificial supports For the good of this struggle I should like to lay
down my life, or at least to lend my hand to bring about this struggle. Dhulip Singh is much at
Court, and is evidently destined to play a political part in India.
TO THE DUKE OF ARGYLL. OXFORD, December 16, 1868.
India has been conquered once, but India must be conquered again, and that second conquest
should be a conquest by education. Much has been done for education of late, but if the funds were
tripled and quadrupled, that would hardly be enough A new national literature may spring up,
impregnated with western ideas, yet retaining its native spirit and character A new national
literature will bring with it a new national life, and new moral vigour. As to religion, that will take
care of itself. The missionaries have done far more than they themselves seem to be aware of.
The ancient religion of India is doomed, and if Christianity does not step in, whose fault will it
be?

4. (a) FROM THE DIARY OF MAX MLLER. PARIS. April 10, 1845.
I get up early, have breakfast, i.e. bread and butter, no coffee. I stay at home and work till seven, go
out and have dinner, come back in an hour and stay at home and work till I go to bed. I must live
most economically and avoid every expense not actually necessary. The free lodging is an
immense help, for unless one lives in a perfect hole I have not been to any theatre, except one
evening, when I had to pay 2 francs for a cup of chocolate, I thought Never again.
(b) TO HIS MOTHER. PARIS, December 23, 1845.
instead of taking money from you, my dearest mother, I could have given you some little
pleasure. But it was impossible, unless I sacrificed my whole future I have again had to get 200
francs from Lederhose, and with the money you have just sent shall manage till January or
February.

5. On April 17, 1855, Bunsen wrote to thank Max Mller for an article on his
Outlines.
You have so thoroughly adopted the English disguise that it will not be easy for anyone to

suspect you of having written this curious article. It especially delights me to see how

ingeniously you contrive to say what you announce you do not wish to discuss, i.e. the
purport of the theology. In short, we are all of opinion that your cousin was right when she
said of you in Paris to Neukomm, that you ought to be in the diplomatic service!

6. TO HIS MOTHER. September 1, 1847.

My rooms in London are delightful. In the same house lives Dr. Trithen, an orientalist, whom I knew
in Paris, and who was once employed in the Office for Foreign Affairs in St. Petersburg. Then there
are a great many other orientalists in London, who are mostly living near me, and we form an
oriental colony from all parts of the world We have a good deal of fun at our cosmopolitan teaevenings.