The loss sustained in the domain of scientific studies and research in the Humanities, not only by India but also by the entire scholarly world, through the untimely passing away of the late Prabodh Chandra BAGCHI will for some time remain irrepairable, and for many years it will not be possible to make it good. He joined the majority at the age of 58 only, and if we consider what he did and what in comparison he did not find time to do, we would be forced to admit that it was certainly a case of untimely death for him. In our country scholars who have dedicated their lives to study and research and who have passed their 80th year and even more while remaining in full possession of their matured mental powers are not rare; and that is why when we think of this untimely death of Prabodh Chandra, we cannot but feel a great mortification, for both learning and research by themselves and also for our own people. His passing away is a national loss indeed; and in addition to this, there is the sense of loss which nothing can mitigate which his relations and the large circle of his friends are feeling.

In Bengal and in India there is no lack of scholars and research workers. But in the case of Prabodh Chandra BAGCHI's scholarship there was something quite remarkable, both in the subject of his researches and in the way in which these researches were given out to the world.