Foreword
Edited with introduction and translation in English by Radhagovinda Basak.
The highly important work was published by the Asiatic Society in 1971. This collection of Seven hundred verses written in Maharastrain Prakrit gives us a glimpse of rural society and life in very ancient times. Professor Radhagovinda Basak was an eminent scholar. He was the first among the Sanskrit Prakrit scholars to translate the seven hundred verses into highly readable English. The reprint of this work would surely be deemed useful by scholars of ancient Indian history.
Sanskrit and Maharastrian Prakrit. This reprint would be an achievement of the publication section of the Asiatic Society.
