 The Carmelite monk Paulinus a Sancto Bartolomaeo, a Croat, who was known as Filip Vesdin, stayed at the Court of the Maharaja of Travancore between 1776 and 1789.He pioneered Indological studies and wrote several books on Indian culture and Indo-European languages, including a book on Sanskrit grammar.This was the first book on Sanskrit grammar to be published in Europe.