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THIS SERIES OF MONOGRAPHS
ON
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE METALS IN ANCIENT INDIA
IS DEDICATED
TO
THE MEMORY OF THE LATE
DR. MAHENDRA LAL SIRCAR, M.D., D.L., C.I.E.,
THE FOUNDER OF THE
INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCE,
AND THE
MOST ILLUSTRIOUS SCIENTIST OF INDIA
WHO WORKED STRENUOUSLY FOR SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINTEENTH
CENTURY, AS A RESPECTFUL TRIBUTE
OF GENUINE REGARD OF HIS
HUMBLE ADMIRER
THE AUTHOR.
