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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
These proceedings and the related international conference held January 19-20, 2002 were made possible through the support and effort of many institutions and individuals.
First, I wish to acknowledge the support of my home institution, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and the History Department where I am a faculty member. In particular, I want to thank Dr. Barbara Way, Dean of College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) for her active guidance and involvement, and the University President Dr. Bob H. Suzuki for delivering a welcome address at the conference and for his constant encouragement.
The following institutions provided financial support for the conference and the proceedings: CLASS and Division of Academic Affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, the Jain Society of San Diego, the Southern California Seminar in South Asia, the Southern California Jain Center, and the Infinity Foundation. From the community, financial support was extended by Suresh and Vimala Lodha; Rajiv Dhabuwala and Bharti Jain, Sukh and Kalyani Mehta; Harish and Sunila Daga, Lalit and Kumud Kothari, Narendra and Rita Parson, Nirmal and Tara Sethia, Rajkumar and Meena Sindher; Pradeep and Abha Sethia, Ajeet and Bina Singhvi, Ramesh and Manju Jain; Ajay and Madhu Bapna, Sumer and Raj Vardhan. The generosity of all the institutional and individual donors is greatly appreciated.
I also want to acknowledge the effort and diligence of my wonderful colleagues on the organizing committee: Professor Christopher Chapple, Mrs. Sunila Daga, Dr. Bharti Jain, Dr.
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