Bhandarkar Report 1904
BHANDAKAR REPORT on the search of Prākṛit and Saṃskṛit manuscripts 1904 [49 of 69]
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49. Shahpura (Rajputana) was the next place I visited. I had been informed of the existence of two collections there in the letter of the Kamdar, a copy of which was sent me bearing the Political Agent's endorsement of 16th December. When I visited the place the person in charge of one of them had been laid up in bed for a week and I had no opportunity of examining it. A small list of the other was brought to me, and, when I expressed a desire to see seven of them, the owner pleaded want of time and could with difficulty be persuaded to consent to look them up that day. Of the seven, however, only two were sent to me to see, with a word that the remaining five were away at Ajmer. I should not have lost time in going to Shahpura had the Kamdar made enquiries and wired to me on the dayhe got previous intimation of the date of my arrival there that the day would not suit.
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