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The Government of Bihar established the Research Institute of Prakrit, Jainology and Ahimsa at Vaishali in 1955 with the object interalia, to promote advanced studies and research in Prakrit and Jainlogy and to publish works of permanent value to scholars. This Institute is one of the six Research Institutes being run by the Government of Bihar. The five others are : (i) Mithila Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Sanskrit Learning at Darbhanga; (ii) Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute for Research in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Indian History at Patna; (iii) Bihar Rastrabhasha Parishad for Research and Advanced Studies in Hindi at Panta; (iv) Nava Nalanda Mahavihar for Research and Post Graduate Studies in Buddhist Learning and Pali at Nalanda and (v) Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Arabic and Persian Learning at Patna.
As part of this programme of rehabilitating and reorientating ancient learning and scholarship this is the Research Bulletin No. 8 incorporating the Proceedings of the two-day National Seminar on Jainology held at the Institute which contains papers read at the Seminar. The Govt. of Bihar hope to continue to sponsor such projects and trust that this humble service to the world of scholarship and learning would bear fruit in the fulness of time.
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