Though very young, they contributed tremendously to the development of Buddhology and Indology in the West as well as creating a strong liaison between East and West.
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With Takakusu Junjiro and Nanjo Bunyu, Kasahara went to Great Britain in 1876 Oxford under the academic guidance of Max Müller in order to study Sanskrit and Pali texts for a more authentic understanding of Buddhist teachings from their original languages as they had previously only used Chinese texts that were possibly dubious translations.