As the Dead Sea scrolls have changed our understanding of Judaism and early Christianity, so a set of twenty-nine scrolls recently acquired by the British Library promise to provide a window into a crucial phase of the history of Buddhism in India. The fragmentary birch bark scrolls, which were found inside one of a set of inscribed clay pots, are written in the Gandhari Prakrit language and in Kharosthi script. Dating from around the beginning of the Christian era, the scrolls are probably the oldest Buddhist manuscripts ever discovered. The manuscripts and pots come from.
Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara (Gandharan Buddhist Texts) free ebook pdf epub
Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara (Gandharan Buddhist Texts) ebook
Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara (Gandharan Buddhist Texts) by Richard Salomon ebook pdf epub mobi
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