Ancient Buddhist scrolls from Gandhara : the British Library Kharoṣṭhī fragments /

Ancient Buddhist scrolls from Gandhara : the British Library Kharoṣṭhī fragments /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salomon, Richard, 1948-
Other Authors: Allchin, F. Raymond 1923-, Barnard, Mark, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle, Wash. : British Library and University of Washington Press, 1999.
Subjects:
British Library. > Dept. of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books.
Manuscripts, Kharoṣṭhi > Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Buddhist antiquities > Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Sarvāstivādins > Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan) > History > Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • The background: Gandhāra and Gandhāran Buddhism
  • The contents of the British Library Kharoṣṭhī collection
  • Previous discoveries of Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts
  • Origin and character of the collection
  • Format, material, and construction of the scrolls
  • Paleographic and linguistic features of the Gandhāran scrolls
  • The date of the manuscripts
  • Preliminary evaluation of the new corpus
  • Inscribed pots and potsherds in the British Library Collection.

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