Robert Zydenbos drew our attention to Mesquita's work, and also to the need for a well-researched academic response. Gerald Penn helped us begin our work by his partial translation of the German text. A great deal of information regarding Vedic sources was given by Vishal Agarwal; some information on other sources was also provided by Krishna Kadiri and Kesava Tadipatri. Proofing of earlier drafts was undertaken by Arvind Acharya, Kesava Tadipatri, Nataraj B. V., and Krishna Kadiri.