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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 3 p. l., [iii]-x p., 1 l., ii, 228 p., 1 l. plates. 23 cm. ; Each part preceded by half-title not included in paging (2 l.) ; LCCN 36007521 OCLC 2469052 LC DS821 .C429 1935 Dewey 915.2 ; Japanese title on colophon: ??????? ; Bhikshu Chaman Lal was a journalist and writer; educated in Sargodha, now in Pakistan; member, Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Delhi; imprisoned several times during the freedom movement; associated for two years with the Vandemataram, and with The Hindustan Times since 1924; special correspondent of The Hindu and The Times of India for many years; turned a Buddhist monk in 1955; wrote a number of books, including Hindu America (Bombay: New Book Co.,1940) and India and Japan: Friends of Fourteen Centuries (Vishveshvarananda Vedic Research Institute, Punjab, 1959). Chaman Lal was ordained a Buddhist monk at Sarnath in December 1955. He travelled around the world 51 times and wrote over 50 books preaching the humanitarian message of Indian Culture. On the request of Pandit Jawharlal Nehru he compiled the book, "India the Mother of Us All" to serve as a primer of patriotism for the younger generation. What was initially conceived as a 560 page comprehensive compilation had to be shortened to 160 pages due to shortage of funds. ; "Mr. Lal has studied Japan with a view to the emulation of its genius by his own fellow-countrymen."--p. iv. ; name of LtCol. R.T. MacPherson, USMC, on bottom of textblock in red, Born in Chicago, IL, he was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, and was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. MacPherson was owner of the bookstore, Trade-A-Book, in Watkinsville, Georgia. ; name of Y. Aisubo on front endpaper ; Book.