Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v1.c4.6

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I acknowledge with pleasure my indebtedness to the following: the authorities of the British Museum; Sir E. Denison Ross, Director, School of Oriental Studies; the High Commissioner for India; the Librarian, India Office Library; Mr. H. L. T. Gonsalves, Assistant, India Office Library; the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, London; Miss F. H. Latimer, Assistant Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society; the Rev. Henry Heras, S.J., Bombay; Dr. M. H. Krishna, Director of Archaeological Researches, Mysore; Mr. G. Powell; and Dr. K. M. Ashraf, Ph. D. I am particularly indebted to Mr. C. S. K. Pathy, Lecturer in Dravidian Languages, School of Oriental Studies, for having taught me the Tamil and Telugu languages. To Dr. L. D. Barnett, M.A., D. Litt., under whose directions this work was written, I owe a deep debt of gratitude. I am all the more grateful to him for having allowed me to dedicate this book to him. I am also thankful to Dr. S. Krishnaswamy Aiyangar for writing a Foreword to my work. Finally, I must say that but for the generous endowment which the University of London made, supplemented by an equally generous contribution from another quarter, I would not have been able to publish my work. To the London University as well as to the gentleman, who unfortunately prefers to remain anonymous, I beg to convey my profound gratitude.