国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

As Dr. Marshall proceeded to England on leave in April 1910, and I was appointed
to officiate during his absence, it fell to me to arrange for the publication of Dr. Francke's
materials. No task could have been more welcome to me, since for several years I had
found in Dr. Francke a fellow-scholar who had chosen a field of research bordering on
that which it had been my good fortune to explore. Personal experience thus enabled
me to appreciate the value of Dr. Francke's results as well as the exertions by which they
had been attained.
The Government of India readily sanctioned our proposals which provided for the
publication of Dr. Francke's results in two parts, one giving the personal narrative of his
adventures and researches and the other containing all inscriptions and chronicles col-
lected by him in the course of his tour. It has been our object in the present volume to
illustrate Dr. Francke's account as fully as possible by means of the excellent photographs
taken by Babu Pindi Lal of the Archæological Survey. The forty-five plates, each con-
taining two photographic views, testify to the excellence of Pindi Lal's work, while Dr.
Francke's narrative bears ample evidence that the explorer found in his photographer not
only a useful assistant but also a cheerful companion who did his work successfully under
very trying conditions. The reproduction of the plates was entrusted to the well-known
lithographers, Messrs. W. Griggs & Sons, of Peckham, London.
The map showing Dr. Francke's route, which has been added to the present volume
is an extract from Survey sheet No. 835-S. 1905. It has been especially prepared by Mr.
H. Hargreaves, Superintendent, Archæological Survey pro tempore, who has marked on
it several places not found on the original. Dr. Francke's route, as well as the places
visited by him in the course of his tour, has been marked in red. The map has been
reproduced at the Office of the Survey of India.

J. Ph. Vogel.