Leopold von Schroeder (1851-1920) German Indologist. In 1884, Schroeder published Pythagoras und die Inder, Eine Untersuchung ueber Herkunft und Anstammung Pythagoreischer Ideen – Pythagoras and the Indians. An examination of the origin and derivation of the ideas of Pythagoras.

He says:

“The Indians are the nation of romanticists of antiquity. The Germans are the romantics of modern times. Sentimentality and feelings for Nature are common to both German and Indian poetry. He concludes that all the romantic minds of the West turn towards India because of the deep-rooted similarity between romanticism in Europe.”

“Nearly all the philosophical and mathematical doctrines attributed to Pythagoras are derived from India.”

(Off all the European nations Germany’s response to India was most enthusiastic and open hearted).