Volume 1
Descriptive catalogue of the government collections of manuscripts depositied at the Deccan college, Poona / comp. by the assistant to the professor of Sanskrit, Deccan college, Poona.
- Bombay (Presidency). Government Manuscripts Library.
- Date:
- [1916-]
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the government collections of manuscripts depositied at the Deccan college, Poona / comp. by the assistant to the professor of Sanskrit, Deccan college, Poona. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Dr. Bhandarkar’s activities, begun in 1879 in co-operation with Dr. Kielhorn, are represented by the following collections— Collection and year Total No. of Mss. collected A 1879-80 3 122 A 1881-82 407 1882-83 7172 1833-84 737 1884-87 1,406 1887-91 1,502 Aota los. 5,000 —o] To this might be added a lot of 1,675 manuscripts which, though bought by Dr. Bhandarkar, were reported upon by his successor in office, Professor A. V. Kathavate. Dr. Bhandarkar’s acquisi- tions, therefore, total 6,681 manuscripts. Comparing figures, these purchases are almost twice the number of manuscripts purchased by his two predecessors together. This remarkable achievement (remarkable in view of the fact that Dr. Kielhorn just before leaving India had reported to Government that no good stock of valuable manuscripts would be available for purchase as, according to him, all good libraries and places in the circle had been thoroughly exploited by himself and Dr. Buhler, and that almost all desirable possessions including Bhtrjapatra manuscripts had been secured for Government by them both) this achievement was due no less to the personal exertions and influence of the distinguished scholar than to the larger sums of money made ayail- able for the purpose by Government, and the growing confidence of the people in the motive of the search. Dr. Bhandarkar’s pre- decessors had occasions to refer to the distrust and shyness constantly displayed by the possessors of manuscripts in showing forth their treasure and lending them for copying, to say nothing of selling them. | 18. As regards the systematic treatment of the vast amount of manuscripts thus collected by him, and as representing one side](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32176892_0001_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
