________________ About The Author Professor K. C. Lalwani who is a Social Scientist with specialisation in Economics was born in 1921 aid to his Master's Degree with a First Class from the University of Calcutta in 1943. He has taught Econ mic and Commerce at Calcutta, Poona and Delhi bet jo ing the I dian Institute of Technoingya' Khr gur in W-:t Be gal (1. dia) in 1954 were he is note Head of the Deatment of Humanities and Social Sc ences. He has published many books and innumerable pave's in Economics, Con merce, Political Science, Religion, Historiography, Educational Sociology and Contemporary United States. In 1960-61, he went to the United States on a one-year assignment when he addressed seminars at several universities and attended and participated in professional gatherings. He travelled widely in the United States and six countries of Western Europe. Around 1967, he entered into the field of Jainology, wherein he has already published several volumes of the canonical texts. His work on the Bhagavati Sutra which will take many more years to complete has been hailed by Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee as his magnum opus. His treatise on the life and doctrines of Mahavira has been reviewed in the United States as the best work on the subject. His lucid exposition of Jaina Stories has proved popular with the English-reading public. His translation of the Uttaradhyayana Sutra in verse-form has been acclaimed widely.
