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Excerpt from Studies in South Indian Jainism
Eminent scholars, considerable caution has to be exercised. At the time when they wrote and formulated their opinions, epigraphy was in its infancy. Since then, new facts have been un earthed the science of epigraphy itself has progressed by leaps and bounds theories once considered indisputable have to be considerably modified. The vernaculars of the country, again, presented a serious obstacle to European schol lars, who, it must be admitted, are not all Beschis and Popes, in arriving at a correct estimate of some aspects of South Indian history. Speci ally true is the statement with reference to the history and influence of the J ains, materials for which lie deeply embedded in the vernaculars of the country - Tamil, Telugu and Canarese.
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Excerpt from Studies in South Indian Jainism
Eminent scholars, considerable caution has to be exercised. At the time when they wrote and formulated their opinions, epigraphy was in its infancy. Since then, new facts have been un earthed the science of epigraphy itself has progressed by leaps and bounds theories once considered indisputable have to be considerably modified. The vernaculars of the country, again, presented a serious obstacle to European schol lars, who, it must be admitted, are not all Beschis and Popes, in arriving at a correct estimate of some aspects of South Indian history. Speci ally true is the statement with reference to the history and influence of the J ains, materials for which lie deeply embedded in the vernaculars of the country - Tamil, Telugu and Canarese.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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