Bimal Krishna Matilal is regaded as one of the foremost Indian philosophers of modern times.He succeeded Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan to the highly prestigious Spalding Professorship of Eastern Religions at the Oxford University where he produced several books on Eastern Religions which have become classics. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (September 5, 1888 – April 17, 1975) is best known as the man who introduced the thinking of western idealist philosophers into Indian thought. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...