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two editions have been given and the verses have been numbered to facilitate reference; the substance of the inscriptions having portions of Kanarese in them has been given in Hindi ; all the important information about Sravana Belgola and its surroundings, as contained in the previous two editions is given in the introduction and the historical importance of the inscriptions from the Jain point of view is more thoroughly discussed and the index of the names of Jain monks, poets and works has been separated from the general index.
My sincere thanks are due to the Mysore Government and its distinguished Directors of Archaeology, mentioned above, without whose previous labours this edition would have been impossible and to Pandit Nathuram Premi, the able Secretary of the Manikachandra Digambara Jaina Granthamala without whose initiative and encouragement the work would have never been undertaken,
AMRAOTI, King Edward College,
HIRALAL. March 21st 1928.
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