________________ 152 . Homage to Vaisalz I am grateful indeed to the Valsali Sangha and its energetic Founder and General Secretary, Mr. J. C. Mathur, I. C. S., Director General, All India Radio, for giving me an opportunity to speak a few words on the occasion of the Vaisali Festival. We are on the threshold of rediscovering ourselves. The gaps in our knowledge of Vaisali's past are shrinking f not shrunk, thanks to many sided efforts of scholars, archaeologists and research bodies such as the Vaisali Sangha, K. P. Jayaswal Research Institute and the frontiers of our knowledge are ever on the increase.
