Jaina Rock Cut Caves In Western India Part 01

Author(s): Viraj Shah
Publisher: Agam Kala Prakashan

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A number of individuals and institutes have extended their support and help in different ways to make this work possible. Foremost among them is my research supervisor, Prof. Gouri Lad, whose constant guidance, support and inspiration till date has made this research possible. I express my sincere gratitude to her. I owe my academic career to Deccan College, an institution where I learnt my first lessons in archaeology and which gave me a rigorous training in academics. I am grateful to Prof. Paddayya, the Director of Deccan College, for availing me the facilities of the institute and extending support throughout. I thank all my teachers at Deccan College for teaching me nuances of archaeology.
Time and again, Dr. G. B. Deglurkar, Dr. A. P. Jamkhedkar and Prof. M. S. Mate have spared their valuable time to discuss with me various aspects of this work and have extended their guidance and suggestions. To them, I am most grateful. My sincere gratitude to Prof. S. Settar for his constructive comments and suggestions. It was at the workshop of Prof. Spink at Ajanta that I learnt different ways to 'see' caves. I will always remain thankful to him for teaching me intricacies of cave architecture.
This research was initially funded by fellowships provided by Mr. C. N. Sanghavi, Mumbai, Mr. Sardarmalla Kankaria, Kolkata and Justice K. T. Telang Fellowship of Asiatic Society of Bombay, Mumbai. The major part of the research was funded by the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), Delhi. I sincerely thank all the institutes, especially ICHR, for their financial support.
The library staff of Deccan College has been more than helpful in locating all sorts of journals and books and also making a few books available. I thank them all, especially the librarian, Ms Tripti More and also Ms Urmila Jagtap, Mr. Kute and Mr. Survase. Im very thankful to the librarians of Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University; Aurangabad, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute; Pune, Heras Institute; Mumbai, Asiatic Society of Bombay; Mumbai and Shivaji University; Kolhapur for availing me the facilities of these libraries.
I am thankful to the authorities at Rajwade Samshodhan Mandal, Dhule and Nasik Regional Museum, Nasik for permitting me to take photographs in these museums. I also extend my sincere thanks to the Jaina organisation at Mangi-Tungi, Nasik for allowing me to take photographs at the site. To all those unknown villagers, who extended their warm hospitality and help during fieldtrips to these sites, I am most grateful.