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essay remains just as it was written in 1900 with the excep- tion of the Chronological Conspectus and the General Index, without which no pnblishel work of this nature could be regarded ag complete.
Ido not, of course, expect that the essay wonld be entirely free from mistakes both of omission and of com~-
- qission. New frets are coming to light every day ; and even
of facts that have been already known, it is too much to hope--so numerous are the workers in the field and so scat- tered their writings—that Ihave taken into consideration all, or even the most important all. I would most thank- folly receive, therefure, any corrections ox suggestions for improvement. I only hope that the essay contains enongh to justify its publication in this present form.
- Pooxa, 8. K. Benvanrar. Nocenber 1914,
Postscript: Little did I expect, when I wrote the above in November last, that one of the judges for the essay—Professor BH. M. Bhadkamkar of the Wilson College, Bombay—would not live to see it in print. But it is the unexpected that has happened. Professor Bhadkamkar took a genuine interest in me and my work, and by writing this ‘postscript I wish to keep his name permanently associated with what is—though not the first—yet one of the earliest irnits of my literary activity.
Decosn Comes, Pooxa,
- ° &. KE. Bunvanwar.
15th July 1915. �
