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John Faithful Fleet  (1847-1917) was an Indologist in the Bombay Covenanted Civil Service who held the post of Epigraphist to the Government of India. After his death in 1917, many items from his personal library entered the collections of the School of Oriental Studies, forerunner of the School of Oriental and African Studies.

=Publications=

Books
Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency (Bombay, 1882)

Articles
J.F. Fleet has written innumerable articles on epigraphy, chronology, historical geography and Kannada folklore. He is primarily known as an epigraphist though his contribution to Kannada folklore and its translation is also praiseworhty.

a) "A Selection of Kanarese Ballads" is published in Indian Antiquary (1885, 86, 87 and 89). "These ballads deal on 'Sangolli Rayanna' and others.