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Reviews on the Works of Dr. Nagarajaiah, Hampa Dr. Hampa. Nagarajaiah, Former Professor of Bangalore University is a well known scholar and teacher and specialised in the study of Jaina literature, Inscriptions and History of the Gargā dynasty of Karņāțaka. During the year 1999 itself he has authored five-important and basic source books on Karņāța-Jainism. It is clear that the year-1999 has been a rich and academically very productive year for Dr. Nagarajaiah, as the above five works stand witness. Apart from being a teacher in the University, he has mastered in Kannada and Sanskrit sources, through the various inscriptions of the Gangā, Rāshțrakūta and Chālukya dynasties, apart from the later records of the Kākatiya, Hoysala and later rulers. Prof. Nagarajaiah is a field archaeologist indeed and made arduous field studies and explored every nook and corner of Karņāțaka as the above five-illustrated works reveal. An interesting feature is all the illustrations in his works are printed before the text and quite handy for cross-reference while reading the text. They are of high order and details of each photograph is clearly numbered and described in detail. The printing and get up, to say the least, are excellent. Diacritical marks on Sanskrit and linguistic expressions have been meticulously placed.
12-1-2000 Hyderabad - 500 044
Dr. I. K. Sarma Former Director : Archaeological
Survey of India, and Director : Salar Jung Museum
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