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To

THE HON'BLE SIR ASUTOSH MOOKERJEE,
Kt., C.S.I., M.A., D.L., D.Sc, Ph.D.

these pages are dedicated

as an humble token of

the Author's deep sense of gratitude

for

the epoch-making step he has taken

by initiating and organising the new department of

Indian Vernaculars in our University,

a movement that is fraught with vast possibilities

for the development of Indian National Life,

based on a clear consciousness of

India's distinctive greatness

and homogeneous cultural progress.