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PREFACE
An attempt has been made in the following pages to give a detailed account of the lainu Granth Bhandars of Rajasthan in particular and of India in general A list of Jaina Bhindary situated throughout the country has been given but it is not exhaustive Some details of the contents of some of them would be found in chapter 11. This thesis is related mainly to the Juna Grantha Bhandars of Rajasthan situated at capitals and important towns of the integrated princely states It embodies the categories of the manuscripts, especially rare and unpublished alongwith some details of material ol V ous types available in the Bhundars. Most of the Bhandars descubed have been visited by me and in some cases the catalogues of the contens have been prepared and the importance of certain manuscripts has been pointed out.
This thesis has been prepared under the supervision of Dr M L Sharma, MADT, Professor and lead of ihe Department of History, University of Rajasthan who worked hard for me and whose valuable guidance enabled me to complete this work in unie lam decply grateful to him lam also indebted to the Managing Committee of Shri D Jain Aushya Kshetr. She Malieri, its President Dr. R. M. Kaliwal and Secretary Shri Gundi Lal i Shah whose munti vence und interest are responsible for the publication of this thesis. I am equally thankful 10 Pt. Chansuh Das 11 Nyoyatirtha who inspired nie to take up research work und my colleague Shri Anoop Chand Nyayatırth for his cooperation and assistance Sako to Shri from Chand and Shri Agir Chand , Nohta
To Dr Hiralal laun Iam mullundehted for his foreward to this book
hastoor Chund hastal
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