Studies in the Epics and Puranas c5.2

c5.2

Chapters I and IV originally appeared as articles in the Bhāratīya Vidyā, and Chapter V as Chapter II, Section III, in the Glory that was Gūrjaradeśa, Vol. I, published by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. I am grateful to the authorities of the Bhavan for their permission to print them in this book. Chapter II originally appeared in Dhruva Commemoration Volume, and I offer my grateful thanks to the Editor Prof. Rasiklal Parikh for granting me permission to publish the article here. Chapter III formed an article in the Journal of the University of Bombay, and I am indebted to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bombay for granting me the permission. Chapter VI, which originally appeared in the Progress of Indic Studies published by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, is being published here with the kind permission of the authorities of the Institute, to whom my thanks are due.