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PREFACE (xi)
this play in 1962 and was surprised to find identical similarity in the story of the play and the one told by Dr. Ambedkar. I have tried to supplement Dr. Anand Kausalyayan’s sources with the information I have found in the scriptures and elsewhere.
I have also tried to prepare an Index as exhaustive as possible. I am keenly conscious of the little work done by me and the vast undone. Further efforts for exploration on this subject are left to genuine scholars from whom suggestions are welcome.
Several scholars and students of Buddhism showed concern for publication of this work. Among many who have laid me under a debt of gratitude, I wish to mention:—
(1) the members of the Committee who resolved for Publication of this supplement even after the release of Vol. 11;
(2) Shri S. S. Rege, Ex-Librarian of the Siddharth College, Bombay and Shri Shrikant Talwatkar, Librarian of the Siddharth College, Bombay, who cheerfully spared me valuable books whenever required;
(3) Shri Lokmitra of Dapodi Buddha Mahavihar, Pune, and Dr. Bhalchandra Mungekar of the Bombay University who provided useful suggestions during discussion;
(4) Dr. Eleanor Zelliot of Minnesota University, a famous historian and internationally recognised American scholar of studies on Dr. Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement; and Dr. Munshilal Gautam, Commissioner, Tribal Development of the Maharashtra State; who showed so much interest and concern for seeing the script in print; and,