David Brick is Assistant Professor of Sanskrit Literature at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Asian Cultures and Languages from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 and was lecturer of Sanskrit at Yale University from 2009 to 2018. He is the author of Brahmanical Theories of Gift: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Danakanda of the Krtyakalpataru (2015) and numerous articles and book chapters on early India.