1924 · Adyar, Madras, India
by Das, Bhagavan
Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1924. 12mo, pp. xxxvi, 556; a very good, sound and clean copy in original tan cloth lettered in brown on upper cover and spine. "A scholar and Theosophist, Bhagavan Das (1859-1958) was born at Benares (Varanasi), India, into a landholding family of bankers. He had a distinguished academic career, earning his B.A. at Calcutta University when he was sixteen and his M.A. (in philosophy) when eighteen. He joined the Theosophical Society in 1894. "Bhagavan Das was in government service as a deputy collector and magistrate in Uttar Pradesh from 1890 to 1899. He left those positions to become Honorary Secretary (truncated)