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Ancient Buddhist scrolls from Gandhāra : the British Library Kharoṣṭhī fragments

Title
Ancient Buddhist scrolls from Gandhāra : the British Library Kharoṣṭhī fragments / Richard Salomon ; with contributions by Raymond Allchin and Mark Barnard ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Author
Salomon, Richard, 1948-
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Allchin, F. Raymond (Frank Raymond), 1923-
  • Barnard, Mark, 1953-
Description
xx, 273 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 28 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-263) and index.
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.
Call Number
*OKR+ 99-8463
ISBN
  • 029597768X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0295977698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
98037360
OCLC
40113389
Author
Salomon, Richard, 1948-
Title
Ancient Buddhist scrolls from Gandhāra : the British Library Kharoṣṭhī fragments / Richard Salomon ; with contributions by Raymond Allchin and Mark Barnard ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Imprint
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-263) and index.
Added Author
Allchin, F. Raymond (Frank Raymond), 1923-
Barnard, Mark, 1953-
Research Call Number
*OKR+ 99-8463
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