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PUBLISHER'S NOTE
I am very glad to place in the hand of readers this valuable work of Dr. Harihar Singh, which embodies the results of his thesis Jaina Temples of Western India approved for the Ph. D. degree by the Banaras Hindu University in 1976.
The P. V. Research Institute, which is an organ of Shri Sohanlaljain Vidya Prasarak Samiti, Amritsar, awards Research Fellowships to its research scholars for a period of two years, and subsequently publishes the results thereof. The primary aim of this Fellowship is to produce young scholars in the field of Jainology. Many research scholars have availed this opportunity for writing theses for their Ph. D. and D. Litt, degrees. The present work of Dr. Harihar Singh is the result of the same endeavour. The grant of Fellowship awarded to him was received from Shri S. V. Lathia of Bombay.
The Jainas have left no subject worth the name untouched. They also have immencely contributed to the art heritage of India. But unfortunately no independent and scientific research work has been done on the Jaina ternple architecture. The present work is a fine attempt in this direction, and I hope it will serve as a milestone for further researches in this field of Jainology.
As Secretary of the Samiti it is my very primary duty to record here a sense of gratitute to those who helped in bringing out this voluminous work. At the very outset I must thank the author for the great pains he took in preparing this work and also for seeing it through the press. I also thank Dr. Sagar Mal Jain, Director, P. V. Research Institute, Varanasi, and other staff members of the Institute for their kind cooperation in the publication of this work. I express my gratefulness to the Trustees, Sheth Anandji Kalyanji, Ahmedabad, for offering a grant of Rs. 15000/- and to M/S. Nuchem Plastics Ltd., Faridabad, for a grant of Rs. 20000/- (given in memory of Late Shri Shadilal Jaina, Ex-President, Shri Sohanlaljain Vidya Prasarak Samiti, Amritsar), which facilitated the publication of the work. Lastly, I express my thankfulness to Muni Shri Jambuvijayji, Pt. Dalsukh Malvania, . Ahmedabad, Shri R. D. Desai, Ahmedabad, Shri Shrenik Bhai, Ahmedabad and Shri Gulab Chand Jain, Delhi, who have been very instrumental in this publication.
Faridabad 5th August, 1982
B. N. Jain Hony. Secretary Shri Sohanlaljain Vidya
Prasarak Samiti
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