________________ 1. The Government of Bihar established the K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute at Patna in 1951 with the object, inter-alia, to Promote historical research, archaeological excavations and investigations and publication of works of permanent value to scholars. This Institute is one of the five others planned by this Government as a token of their homage to the tradition of learning and scholarship for which ancient Bihar was noted. Apart from the Jayaswal Research Institute three others have been established to give incentive to research and advancement of knowledge,-the Nalanda Institute of Research and Post-Graduate studies in Buddhist learning and Pali at Nalanda, the Mithila Institute of Research and PostGraduate studies in Sanskrit learning at Darbhanga and the Bihar Rashtra Bhasha Parishad for research and advanced studies in Hindi at Patna. 2. As part of this programme of rehabilitating and reorientating ancient learning and scholarship, the editing and publication of the Tibetan Sanskrit Text Series has been undertaken with the co-operation of scholars in Bihar and outside. The Government of Bihar hope to continue to sponsor such projects and trust that this humble service to the world of scholarship and learning would bear fruit in the fulness of time.
