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ungrudging help in putting the diacritical marks
in the type copies of the work which was subse-
quently accepted as thesis for the award of the
Ph. D. degree of the Gauhati University.
 
Finally, grateful thanks are tendered to Shri
D. K. Borooah, President of the Indian National
Congress for his usual generosity in helping the
author with his vast treasure of erudite scholarship
covering a wide variety of subjects. It was his
inspiration that led the author to publish this work.
 
P. K. CHAUDHURI
 
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