In the preface to the last volume of the Annual Report published by this department, some of the special features which I hoped to introduce into the new series were mentioned. This volume is the second of the new series. In addition to the usual notes on epigraphs, manuscripts, coins, ancient sites and monuments, detailed studies of some of the latter are published. But in the case of large monuments, like those of Halebid, the volume of the notes is so heavy that only some extracts have been printed. Full and detailed studies of these great works of art will be published in the special monographs on architecture in Mysore for which materials are now being collected.
It is regretted that it has not been possible to issue a second instalment of the report on the Chandravalli excavations along with this volume. Since the finds yielded by the excavations are very numerous, and the resources of the office limited, the study of the antiquities collected therein could not be completed.
A word of explanation is necessary about the delay in the publication of this report. Owing to the general economic depression and all-round retrenchment, the question of publishing a very short and mainly administrative report was raised and considered. But ultimately, Government were pleased to permit the continuation of the new series in its present form. This report was sent to the press as soon as a sufficient printing grant was available to the departinent. For the past delay, it is proposed to make up by publishing the reports, which are in arrears, in rapid succession.
I may be permitted to express my sincere thanks to the authorities of the Mysore Government Press, Bangalore, for their co-operation in bringing out these reports in an improved and attractive form and for undertaking to print them expeditiously, and to the Indian Photo Engraving Company, Calcutta, for making a large number of blocks for us. I am specially indebted to the Assistants and other members of the staff of the Archeological Office for their ungrudging help.
My thanks are also due to the scholars and journals who have expressed their opinions on the previous report in highly appreciative terms and given numerous suggestions for future work.
M. H. KRISHNA, Director of Archæological Researches in Mysore.
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