A BILINGUAL GRAECO-ARAMAIC EDICT BY ASOKA (ASHOKA) ; The First Greek Inscription Discovered in Afghanistan

Name: A BILINGUAL GRAECO-ARAMAIC EDICT BY ASOKA (ASHOKA) ; The First Greek Inscription Discovered in Afghanistan
Author: Asoka & G. Pugliese Carratelli & G. Garbini (Foreword by G. Tucci; Introduction by U. Scerrato)

Asoka & G. Pugliese Carratelli & G. Garbini (Foreword by G. Tucci; Introduction by U. Scerrato)

Published by Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente, 1964

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Pages uncut. Very light browning to wraps.; The inscription came to light during digging work in April 1957, a few miles west of present-day Kandahar. The bilingual inscription is the most westerly proof of Buddhism yet found, and the most easterly of Greek inscriptions, and the first complete Aramaic inscription discovered in the area reaching to the Indus.; Serie Orientale Roma XXIX; 62 pages.

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Title: A BILINGUAL GRAECO-ARAMAIC EDICT BY ASOKA (ASHOKA) ; The First Greek Inscription Discovered in Afghanistan
Author: Asoka & G. Pugliese Carratelli & G. Garbini (Foreword by G. Tucci; Introduction by U. Scerrato)
Publisher: Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente
Publication year: 1964
Condition: Very Good+
Dust jacket: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Softcover
Seller catalogs: Archaeology, Classical Studies, Epigraphy & Papyrology, Greek Literature, Indology

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