________________
preparing this Catalogue I have consulted many books of the eminent Indian scholars like Professor Surendranath Dasgupta, Gananath Sen, Gurupada Haldar, Priyavrata Sharma, Jadavji Trikumji, Atrideva Vidyalankara, Jyotirmitra Sastri and others. Amongst the foreign scholars I have gone through the writings of Dr. G. J. Meulenbeld, Lambert Schmitthausen, Ernst Steinkellner, Dominik Wujastyk, Charles Leslie, Rahul Peter Das and many others with whom I had personal contacts. I am thankful to all of them.
Last but not least, I convey my sincere thanks to the President, General Secretary and the Council members of the Asiatic Society and particularly to the officials and staff of the Library, Academic Section, Museum and Publication department of the Asiatic Society for their sincere effort to publish this volume. I express my gratitude to Professor Anantalal Thakur, Devabrata Sen Sharma, Satya Ranjan Banerjee, Madhusudan Vedantatirtha, Sibadas Chaudhury, late Joydeb Ganguli and to all scholars, well-wishers and friends for their help and advice which has encouraged me to complete this work.
Brahmananda Gupta
