Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v3.c11.11

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PART II of *Ajanta* was published in 1933, and although the material for Part III was collected and sent to the press shortly afterwards, yet the making of blocks and printing of plates, which require a great deal of care, took considerable time, and meanwhile broke out the war, which caused further hindrance in the progress of the work. I am, however, very grateful to His Exalted Highness the Nizam’s Government for financing the production of this Part, and also to the authorities of the Oxford University Press, particularly to Dr. John Johnson, C.B.E., the Printer, who managed to keep the work going under very trying circumstances. The production of the book during war-time is therefore a great achievement of the organizing capacity of the Oxford University Press on the one hand, and the generous policy and patronage of learning of His Exalted Highness the Nizam’s Government on the other.