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The Bibliotheca Indonesica is a series of texts in Indonesian languages
published in critical edition and accompanied by a translation and
commentary. As such it is a continuation of the Bibliotheca Javanica
which from 1930 onward was published by the Royal Batavia Society
for Arts and Sciences, though with two significant differences: the
Bibliotheca Indonesica contains texts in various Indonesian languages,
and the translations and commentaries are in English. In this way the
Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology aims to contribute
further to the unlocking of the treasury of Indonesian literatures for the
benefit of international scholarship. Special thanks are due to the Nether­
lands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (Z.W.O.)
for making available the grant which enabled the Institute to launch
this new project.
The series has been designed in such a way as to serve not only the
needs of students of literature proper. Historians, archaeologists, anthro­
pologists, sociologists and linguists as well as students of comparative
religion and law may also find much in this literature to enrich and
deepen their insight. It is hoped, finally, that the Bibliotheca Indonesica,
by presenting a variety of products of the Indonesian mind to a wider
public, may form a valuable contribution to the mutual understanding
of the peoples of East and West.

THE EDITORIAL BOARD.