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Prof. James R. Ware Harvard University,
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts (U. S. A.)
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173 Boulevard Saint Germain Paris, France
October 30, 1925.
Sir,
A few months ago you sent to Professor Franklin Edgerton, of the University of Pennsylvlania, Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. two manuscripts of a Vikramacarita. Mr. Edgerton has entrusted the manuscripts to me (I am a former student of his) to edit and translate and I have already started on this work. Before proceeding any farther, however, I should like to find out if either of these manuscripts has already been published in India.
According to the "Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts" by Rajendralal Mitra vol viii (1885-6) p. 169, there does exist a Mss. at Ajimganj, Raya Dhanapat Sinh Bahadur a manuscript which begins and ends the same as one of ours. I do not know whether it has been published.
I shall be greatly obliged to you for any information that you may have sent to me regarding these manuscripts.
Believe me, Sir yours most respectfully, JAMES R. WARE
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
