कृषि-पाराशर (महर्षि पराशर - प्राचीन भारतीय कृषि, मृदा-परीक्षण, वर्षा-पूर्वानुमान व बीज-संस्कार)

As early as the year 1957, Dr. G. P. Majumder, M. Sc., B. L., Ph. D.,
F. N. I., F. A. Sc , F. B. S., for sometime Natural History Secretary
(Biology) of the Asiatic Society, undertook an edition and translation
of this important Sanskrit text on agricultural pursuits entitled Kṛṣi-
Parāśara, in collaboration with Dr. Sures Chandra Banerji, M. A.,
D. Phil.
The manuscript was made ready and sent to the press towards the
close of the same year. It is regretted that due to unavoidable
circumstances it took nearly three years in getting the book through the
press.
In placing the work before the world of scholars the Society expresses
profound grief at the sad and untimely death of Dr. Majumdar which
occurred on November 21, 1959. He was one of the foremost Indian
Botanists and we all deeply mourn his loss.
The collaboration between an eminent Botanist of the calibre of Dr.
Majumdar and a reputed Sanskritist like Dr. Banerje in bringing out
the text and translantion of this important agricultural treatise is
expected naturally to enhance the value of the work. It is for the
scholars to say whether this natural expectation has been fulfilled.
S. K. Saraswati
General Secretary