Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c4.1

c4.1

I have the pleasure in presenting the first number of the series "Jain Art Publication" entitled *Jain Miniature Painting from Western India*. I am sure that with the publication of this book a new chapter in the history of Indian painting will be opened. The miniatures accompanying the work were obtained specially from the Jain Bhaṇḍārs at Ahmedābād, Pāṭan, Jaisalmer, Jirā (Panjab), Cambay, etc., and the collections of Maharaja Shri Punyavijayaji and myself. I am greatly obliged to various Bhaṇḍārs and other private collectors who have placed at my disposal their rich collections from which a judicious selection was made for this book.