Ancient Buddhist scrolls from Gandhara. The British Library Kharosthi fragments . Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Salomon, Richard, Raymond Allchin, & Mark Barnard

Published by University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1999

About this Item

First edition, small folio, pp. xix, [1], 273, [1]; color frontispiece and 4 full-page color illustrations, 39 color illustrations on rectos and versos of 12 plates, and 59 figures in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. "This volume introduces a groundbreaking project to decipher and interpret the Gandharan texts. It provides a detailed description of the manuscripts and a survey of their contents, along with a preliminary evaluation of their significance. Also included are representative samples of texts and translations" (jacket blurb).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ancient Buddhist scrolls from Gandhara. The British Library Kharosthi fragments . Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Publisher: University of Washington Press, Seattle
• Publication Date: 1999
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theology
  • Asia
  • Manuscripts
  • India