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As to me, I am now and probably for a few years) Director of the Ecole Francaise de Extreme Orient" (French School of Far East) which I organised 23 years ago. We keep here a very large library of books concerning history, religions, languages etc of India, Indochina, China, Japan, etc. Unfortu. nately, the canonical books of the Jains don't appear on our shelves. If you would be so kind to give me some informations about the editions of these texts. with their prices and the most practical way of procuring them, you would do service to our Institute and perhaps indirectly to the right appreciation of the Jain religion.
Believe me dear sir,
Yours very truly,
L. FINOT
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Ecole Francaise
D'extreme-Orient,
Hanoi, 6 October 1921. Dear Sir,
Your letter dated the 17th July reached me safely as well as the books you have been so kind to present our Library. Please accept my best thanks for this most valuable contribu. tion to our collections. I have perused also the catalogues and I shall make use of your kind advises. Your biography greatly interested me.
I am now engaged in epigraphic decipherments and archaeological studies concerning the ancient history of Cambo. dia. I have also just finished a French translation of the Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
