Bhandarkar Report 1904
BHANDAKAR REPORT on the search of Prākṛit and Saṃskṛit manuscripts 1904 [18 of 69]
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18. At Dhar the Superintendent of Education, who is just now taking so much interest in the antiquarian relics to be found there, had slightly prepared the ground for me before my arrival. His son, a graduate, always accompanied me and was of great help. And as we proceeded in the work of examining the few collections that had come to our knowledge, by frequent happy chances we continued to get information about other collections existing in the place itself or elsewhere. The latter used accidentally to come to the mind of the owner of the collection we happened to be examining, or to that of some friend of his who happened to drop in, during the long time that he was engaged with us. The same thing now and then occurred in other places also.
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