Professor W.G. Beasley and Professor E.G. Pulleyblank: China and
Japan;

Professor D.G.E. Hall: South East Asia;

Professor B. Lewis and Dr. P.M. Holt: The Near and Middle East;

Professor C.H. Philips: India, Pakistan and Ceylon.

Over the very wide and diverse field of studies covered by this volume it
has not been feasible to apply a single system of transliteration. For help
and advice in preparing this volume for the press I am particularly in-
debted to my colleagues, Professor A.L. Basham, Dr. K. Ballhatchet, and
Dr. P. Hardy, and to Miss Daphne Pulham, who cheerfully undertook the
laborious task of typing a transcript of the conference discussions, and also
to Dr. B.N. Pandey and Dr. S.R. Mehrotra, who have prepared the index.
Finally, the editor and contributors wish to place on record their apprecia-
tion of the work of Mr. R.J. Hoy, Deputy Librarian of the School of
Oriental and African Studies, who has given freely of his time and energy
in the laborious task of reading and correcting the proofs.

School of Oriental and C.H. PHILIPS
African Studies

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