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PREFACE
The materials for this study were collected by me while in India during the academic year 1934-35, at which time I visited many Jain libraries and had the opportunity to examine much source material. The present work, with the works I have published on the Story of Kālaka and the Miniature Paintings of the Kalpasūtra, completes, as far as I know, the exploitation of the series of illustrations appearing repeatedly in manuscripts of Jain works before the end of the 16th century.
The opportunity to go to India for collecting this and other material was made possible through the generosity of the American Council of Learned Societies, acting through its Committee on Grants in Aid of Research, the Faculty Research Committee of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Museum of Arts, which together contributed the necessary funds. The University itself generously gave me leave of absence for the journey.
W. NORMAN BROWN
Rose Valley, Moylan, Pennsylvania,
June 12, 1940
