In 1662 Roth was ordered to accompany Fr John Grueber SJ on the last leg of his immense journey from Peking to Europe via Lhasa and Agra.52 After a period in Europe, during which Roth made contact with Athanasius Kircher SJ and communicated to him the information and the Sanskrit types which Kircher incorporated in his China Illustrata (1666), Roth and Grueber set out for the return journey to India. In Skutari, where Grueber had fallen sick, they separated and Roth went on to India alone. By an extraordinary mischance, in the confusion of parting Roths Sanskrit manuscripts were packed with Gruebers effects; in consequence Roth arrived in India in 1666 without his precious manuscripts, and died there in 1668. In the meantime Grueber had discovered the mistake, and had sent the manuscripts carefully to Rome where they were housed in the library of the Jesuit College. Page 418, APPENDIX 28 THE SANSKRIT GRAMMAR OF FR HENRY ROTH SJ, A History of Christianity in India The Beginnings to AD 1707 by STEPHEN NEILL F.B.A. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge London New York New Rochelle Melbourne Sydney.
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