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A BILINGUAL GRAECO-ARAMAIC EDICT BY ASOKA (ASHOKA) ; The First Greek Inscription Discovered in Afghanistan
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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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. 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.…