समराङ्गणसूत्रधार (महाराज भोज - वास्तु, स्थापत्य एवं यंत्र शास्त्र)

FOREWORD The Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra of Bhoja was first published ( 1924 and 1925 A.D. ) as the G. O. Series nos. 25 and 32 in two volumes edited by Mm.T. Ganapati Shastri. For many years the work was out of stock. Dr. V. S. Agrawala expressed his desire to re-edit the whole text and add another volume containing his long Introduction (discussing the contents) and notes with an index of technical terms. He was preparing this additional volume but unfortunately he died on the 27th July, 1966 before he could complete the same. At his suggestion the text originally published in two volumes is now re- edited and published in one volume as G.O.S. no. 25 while we hope to publish in future as G.O.S. no. 32 a volume containing Introduction, notes and Index to the text, on the basis of Dr. Agrawala's notes etc. Dr. Agrawala has given a small Introduction to this text volume. We are thankful to the University Grants Commission and the Govern- ment of the Gujarat State for their financial assistance in publishing this volume. We are also thankful to Shri R. J. Patel, Manager, M. S. University of Baroda Press, for his earnest co-operation in printing this volume. B. J. Sandesara DIRECTOR Oriental Institute, Baroda. Dated 9th November, 1966