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Denis Diderot (1713-84) he was a prominent French figure in what became known as The Enlightenment, and was the editor-in-chief of the famous Encyclopédie. He was also a novelist, satirist, and dramatist. Diderot was enormously influential in shaping the rationalistic spirit of the 18th century.
He suggested in his article on India that the “sciences may be more ancient in India than in Egypt.”
(source: Searching for Vedic India – By Devamrita Swami p. 164).
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