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 PREFACE xiii Under section on non-Aryan Correspondences parallelisms have been shewn between Assamese and non-Aryan forms. But in the body of the text, Assamese words have been equated to Sanskrit formations wherever available rather than to non- Aryan parallels. Classification of Sanskrit vocabulary is a vast issue, and that has been regarded as beyond the immedi- ate scope of this publication. In the body of the text references to authorities have been indicated by the names of the authors followed by sec- tion marks, and not by the names of their publications which have been separately listed under a different heading. The letters T. and P. after derivations refer to the authorities of Turner and Pischel. The name of Dr. Bloch without section marks following refers to his communicated views and that with section marks following to his work, La Formation de la Langue Marathe. Though the manuscript was m^de ready for the press in the summer of 1936, publication could not be arranged for, for want of funds. A grant towards publication was sanctioned by the Government of Assam with the Hon'ble Mr. G. N. Bor- doloi, M.A., B.L., as Premier and Education Minister, 1939. The task of publication was entrusted to the Department of Historical and Antictuarian Studies. Government of Assam, Gauhati. Tho manuscript was accordingly made over to the press in the summer of 1939. But war broke out immediately after, and necessary* matrixes for the Linotype could not be imported from abroad at a reasonable cost, and the Govern- ment grant lapsed ; but in the mean time the Hon'ble Mr. R. K. Choudhury, B.L., became Education Minister, and he gener- ously restored the grant. My respectful thanks are due to both the Education Ministers. It took a long time for the press to prepare locally some of the most necessary matrixes (there was not time enough to prepare all of them) and the printing could not be begun till late in the summer of 1940. The proprietor (Mr. G. Srinivasachari, B.A.) and the printers of the G, S. Press deserve special thanks. The