________________ Goss 1. The Government of Bihar established the K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute at Patna in 1951 with the object, inter alia, to promote Historical Research, Archaeological excavation and investigation and publication of works of permanent value to scholars. This institute along with the five others, was planned by the Government as a token of their homage to the tradition of learning and scholarship for which' ancient Bihar was noted. Apart from the Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute, five others have been established to give incentive to research and advancement of knowledge-the Nalanda Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Pali and Buddhist Learning at Nalanda, the Mithila Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Sanskrit Learning at Darbhanga, the Bihar Rashtra Bhasha Parishad of Advanced Studies and Research in Hindi at Patna, the Institute of PostGraduate Studies and Research in Jainism and Prakrit Learning at Vaishali and the Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Arabic and Persian Learning at Patna. 2. As a part of this programme of rehabilitating and reorienting ancient learning and scholarship, the K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute has undertaken the editing and publication of the Classical Sanskrit Text Series with the co-operation of scholars in Bihar and outside. Two other series i. e. Tibetan Sanskrit Series and the Historical Research Series for elucidating the
