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(VIII) I acknowledge my indebtedness to the University of Bombay for two research grants to work on the subject and to Shri Godiji Vijayaderasuri Sangha, Bombay, for financing the publication of this work. My special obligations are due to my Guru Rev. Fr. E. Heras under whose guidance this work was written and to Dr. H. D. Sankalia of the Decoan College Post-Graduate and Research-Institute, Poona, for wnting a foreword to this work. A G. Teachers' College, Ahmedabad,
C. B. Shell August, 1953
