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Prefatory Note
Prof. M. A. Dhaky and I had met Prof. A. M. Ghatage, one of the preëminent and senior Indologists in India, at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, in mid May 1997. We then had expressed our view on the desirability of, as well as our willingness to, publishing a volume containing all his important papers, articles, introductions, etc. Most of these are scattered in various research journals and other academic publications, indeed not always easy to lay hands on, spread as they also are over long decades of his scholarly endeavours. And most of these are valuable as reference for further research on the topics concerned. Prof. Ghatage, to our delight, agreed to our suggestion. It took about two years to bring it to the final shape of production at our end. Centre's senior proof-reader Shri Naranbhai Patel had read the proofs just as Prof. Ghatage, too, had read these at his end. Smt. Purvi Shah did the data-entry and Shri Akhilesh Mishra of the Centre effected the laser printing. We are delighted to make the Volume available to the Indologists/Jainologists as well as to the experts on ancient Indian linguistics. The biographical sketch of Prof. Ghatage has been published in the Sambodhi XXII, Ahmedabad 1998, which is planned to be presented at the occasion of the release function for the present Volume, to Prof. Ghatage for his dedicated work in the sphere of Indological studies, spanning as it does over six decades and a half.
Jitendra B. Shah
Director
