Bhandarkar Report 1904
BHANDAKAR REPORT on the search of Prākṛit and Saṃskṛit manuscripts 1904 [34 of 69]
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34. After finishing Central India I entered Rajputana, and Bharatpur was the place I first visited. In the letter from the State Darbar of which I received a copy with an endorsement, dated 2nd December, by the Political Agent, Eastern States, Rajputana, mention was made of only a small collection, belonging to the State. I saw that collection and also another, not mentioned in the Darbar's letter, belonging to the person who was deputed to show me the State collection. This same person told me of a collection at Alwar belonging to a relation of his. He promised to send me a list, but has not yet done so. Some of the persons that gathered round me at Bharatpur believed that there were some manuscripts in a certain Hindu temple at that place. But the person in charge of the temple denied their existence on our going there and making enquiries. I also came to know at Bharatpur of the existence of two collections of manuscripts at Weir and of three others (including a Jaina one) at Kaman at a distance of 36 miles on the other side of Bharatpur It was impossible to visit these places and my being able to see the manuscripts was, according to the representations of my informants, not quite certain.
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