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(9) ši. bus. soney. Hz.
161, Woodstock Road,
- Oxford,
September 7, 1937. My dear friend,
It gives me great pleasure to be writing to you again. I have always been pained to think of my apparent neglect as exhibited by my failure to write, and I have hoped that in due time the intensity of my preoccupations would be diminished and then I could become a better correspondent. Now that I have terminated my oxford professorship this hope may be realized at least when I shall have given the final touches to one or two literary works and also have prepared for the pleasant and highly responsible duty of presidentship of the coming conference in Trivandrum. I am impressed with the importance of the conference, and I highly appreciate the honour of presiding. But what I value no less is the opportunity of meeting old friends in India and conferring with them concerning common studies and united action.
I must now say just one word in answer to your inquiries concerning the Mathura Inscription and the Edicts of Asoka. I fully confirm your view that in the Mathura Lion Capital Inscription there is no trace of Nahapana and of Jainas. The inscription definitely
