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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It is now my pleasant duty to acknowledge the help that I received in the preparation of this volume. To Swami Virasena Bhaṭṭāraka of Karanja I am indebted for the first, and, by far, the most beautiful manuscript of the work that I saw. I am obliged to master Motilal Sanghi of Jaipur, and Dr. Tarachand Gangwal, palace surgeon, Jaipur, for securing me the facilities to collate the Jaipur MSS. of the work. To Mr. Nemichand Walchand Gandhi, pleader, Osmanabad, I am very highly obliged for his valuable help in taking the photos of the Terapur caves. He also sent me some local information about Terapur and its caves. To my colleague and esteemed friend Mr. J. W. Kulkarni, M. Sc., King Edward College, Amraoti, I am indebted for the reproduction of seven smaller pictures from the Western India Survey Report. It was his expert and scientific handling of the camera and his keen interest in the matter that enabled me to reproduce those pictures exactly in their original size and beauty. I received a loan of some books and pieces of information from my personal friends Dr. Baburam Saksena M. A., Ph. D., Allahabad University, Dr. Ludwig Alsdorf of Germany and Mr. V. V. Mirashi M. A. of Morris College Nagpur. My hearty thanks are due to all these gentlemen and to all other authors whose books I have consulted and quoted from.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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