Gurjararasavali (An Old & Rare Book)

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The Volume of the Gurjararásávali (G.O.S. No. 118) is reprinted after a long period. It was first published in 1956. Late Prof. G. H. Bhatt, my Guru and the then General Editor of the Gaekwad's Oriental Series, has pointed out in his foreword, its importance in the field of study of the language and culture of Gujarat. Hence it is needless to mention it here once more. It is made possible to reprint this book due to 50% subvention of the Director of Languages, Government of Gujarat. I am especially thankful to Shri Hasitbhai Buch, Ex-Director of Languages and Shri I. S. Joshipura, Director of Languages, for their co-operation and keen interest in the reprint of this work.

I thank my colleague, Dr. D. S. Joshi, Research Officer, for meticulous care in correcting the Proofs. I also express my thanks to Shri B. M. Shah, Manager, M. S. University Press and his colleagues for their sincere efforts in printing the present volume during the stipulated period.

Prof. Sarma has made a very meticulous study of the Instruments in Baroda, which is presented in this monograph. Prof. Dr. S.R. Sarma was born in 1937 at Ulichi , Andhra Pradesh. He is M.A. of Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan (1959) and Dr. Phil. from Germany in 1966. He made a gradual progress from Research Officer to Lecturer, Reader, and finally rose to the position of Professor and Chairman, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He was a Visiting Professor at many foreign Universities like Harward, Brown, British Columbia, Paris, Kyoto, Germany, Philipps etc. More than 13 books - most of them dealing with Astronomical Instruments and History of Science, are written by him. He has contributed more than 75 Research papers to several Indian and Foreign Journals. His exposition about the Astronomical instruments in Baroda, was first published as a part of the Journal of Oriental Institute, Vol. 58, No.1-2 and now it is presented in the form of this small booklet as the M.S. University Oriental Series No.24. We are confident that like all our previous books in this Series, it will be well-received by Scholars and Students. We thank the University Authorities for sanctioning the required grant for the same. We are also thankful to Shri P.N. Srivastava, the Manager, The M.S. University Press and his co-operative staff for neat and quick composing and printing. We are thankful to Dr. Sharmila Bagchi, Temp. Research Officer, for going through the proofs carefully.

**Contents and Sample Pages**