[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949) › c4 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c4: Foreword Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c4 - **Language:** English ### Foreword ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.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. ### [c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c4.2) I am thankful to Dr. Moti Chandra, Curator, Art Section, Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, who, though engaged in multifarious activities, agreed to write the book for me. I hope the art historians will particularly appreciate his researches in the technique of Western Indian painting and the history of Western Indian costume. ### [c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c4.3) My reason in dedicating this work to Sheth Maneklal Chunilal is that he has ungrudgingly extended his help in all my publications. Without his financial help my activities as a publisher would have remained an empty dream. ### [c4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c4.4) \*Magh Sudi Panchami, Sunday\* 15th February, 1948. } --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c4) · Pramāṇa