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REGULATIONS CONCERNING CONTRIBIJTIONS TO THE JOURNAL

1. Papers submitled for publicalion in thc Society's Journal may be oflered by any Fellow or Mcmber of ihe Society. Papers by Nonmembers must be communicated through a Mcmber unless the Non-Members have been speciaily invitcd to contribute.

2.    Ali editorial Communications should be addrcssed to the Editor, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay, Town Hall, Bombay - 400 023.

3.    Papers must be presented in a finał form completely ready as copy for the press prepared in accordance with the regulalions printed below. Papers should be typed on one side of cach sheet in double spacing on paper, leaving*a margin of at least 3.5 cm. at the left hand side. Sheets should be numbered consccutively at the top right-hand comcr.

Footnotes, numbered consecutivcly through the article, should be typed on a separate sheet at the end and not at the foot of each sheet. They should also be typed with double spacing.

5. Both pJ>otographs and linę drawings, including maps, will appear as “plalcs” and “figures", numbered consecutively in Roman and Arabie numerals throughout each article. Captions should be typed on a separate sheet.

6. ~The Editorial Commitlce will determine whether a paper shall be printed and, if printed, in what form.

7. Contributors are urgehlly roquesned to use the system of translitcration adopled by this Society. A translitcration sheet has been appendcd in the issues of thc Journal.

8. Contributors are urged to study the conventions employed in recent issues of the Journal, particularly the style of citation of books and periodical articles and the bibliographical information inserted at the head of reviews. Titles of books should be in italics i. e., should be indicatcd in the typed script by underlining. Titles of books cited should be given in fuli at the first citation; thercafler reference should be madę by using only significant words in the title, but with sufficient clarity to avoid doubi or confusion. Uniformity of abbreviations must be obscrved throughout the paper.

9. Titles of articles in pcriodicals should 'be cited in quotation marks; the name of the periodical should be printed in italics. The following abbreviations for the Joumals of the principal oriental socielies should be adhered to : Ep. Ind., Ind. Ant., JA, JAOS, JASB, JBBRAS, WZKM, ZDMG Volume and pagination should bt indicated as in the following example: ZDMG Vol. 27, pp. 369, ff. (Zeitschril) der Dcutschen Morganlandischen Gesellschaft, Yolume 27, pages 369 and following).

10. The greatest possible conciseness in the papers is desired of the contributors ‘ for the sake of economy. Additional printeris charges for alterations other than corrections of printeris errors must be borne by the contributor. Later corrections which would involve ovcrrunning will not be accepted without express permission of the Board óf Editors.

U. Fiftcen off-prints of each article will be supplied to the contributor free of charge. Additional copies, if desired, may be obtained by giving due notice to the Hon. Secrctary, on payment.