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who came later, i.e., after the Indo-ScytluHiis had established their 

 Capital at Qakala in the Punjab, f akala-dvipis. 



In this connection, I should like to mention that Vedic Astro- 

 nomy concerned itself with the determination of time for sacrifices and 

 so it was purely mathematical, but latterly Hindu Astronomy is said to 

 have three branches : Astronomy, Astioloyy, and Hoioscopy. Mv theory 

 is that Astronomy, as we had in the Vedic tiines, was a home develop- 

 ment ; Astrology we got from the Magi, whose descendants aie still the 

 Astrologers in India, and Horoscopy lias been pronounced by Kei-n as a 

 Greek art, and I have shown elsewhere that one of the oldest liooks on 

 Horoscopy is a translation from Greek into Sanskrit. 



