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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![in that its manuscripts are lent out. Scholars have their requisitions for loans of manuscripts attended to promptly ; and the few rules that are intended for the suceessful working of the Library will be found printed at the end of this Foreword. 48. It is to be hoped,that in fulness of time this Manuscripts Library, possessing proper housing accommodation and fully equip- ped with all kinds of literary resources, would still further widen its sphere of usefulness and become one of the most prominent world centres of Oriental Learning and exert a healthy influence on the growth of Indian scholarship guided by sound principles of modern criticism. Its future is great and full of untold possibilities ; and it is for scholars of all nations and of all times to come to make what use they deem best of this splendid monument to the literary achievement of ancient India, raised by the generosity of the Govern- ment of India and Government. of Bombay and supplemented by the devout and untiring efforts of some of the best of European and Indian scholars. : Government Mss. Library, : Deccan College, Poona, 5 -Ky BELVALKAK, December 1915. y*, In the preparation of this Foreword |] have obtained material help from my assistant, Mr. N. B. Utgikar, M.A., and have also to thank my friend Professor R. D. Ranade, M.A., of Fergusson College for many valuable suggestions. lcs:](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32176892_0001_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
