The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan
The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan

Author: T. Burrow

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1107629489

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The documents discussed in this 1937 book were found by Sir Aurel Stein at the turn of the twentieth century. Mr Burrow identified the language in which they are written and interpreted their meaning. He presents a grammar of the language, with a full discussion of its relation to other Indian languages.

A Gāndhārī Version of the Rhinoceros Sūtra
A Gāndhārī Version of the Rhinoceros Sūtra

Author: Richard Salomon

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780295980355

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Launches the series of text editions and studies of the birth bark scrolls in the British Library's Kharosthi manuscript collection, dating from about the first century AD. Most of the Gandhari fragments have yet to be identified, but the Rhinoceros Sutra is also known in Pali and Sanskrit versions. A 100-page introduction to the language and manuscript is followed by a transcribed text with translation and an annotated text with translation and commentary. Color photographs of the fragments themselves are also included. Ghandhari words are indexed, but not subjects. c. Book News Inc.

History of civilizations of Central Asia
History of civilizations of Central Asia

Author: UNESCO

Publisher: UNESCO Publishing

Published: 1994-12-31

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 9231028464

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Volume II presents an account of various population movements and cultural exchanges in Central Asia between 700 B.C. and 250 A.D. Important nomadic tribal cultures such as the Kushans emerged during this period. Contacts between the Mediterranean and the Indus Valley were reinforced by the campaigns of Alexander the Great and, under his successors, the progressive syncretism between Zoroastrianism, Greek religion and Buddhism gave rise to a new civilization instituted by the Parthians, known for its artistic creations. Under Kushan rule, Central Asia became the crossroads of a prosperous trade between the Mediterranean and China along the Silk Route.

Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 1 Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia
Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 1 Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia

Author: Marylin Martin Rhie

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-01-28

Total Pages: 924

ISBN-13: 9047430751

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A comprehensive analysis of the earliest Buddhist art of China, Bactria, and the Southern Silk Road in Central Asia from ca. 1st - 4th century A.D., elucidating the inter-relationships, history, religious elements, sources, dating and chronology.