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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA rare example of a book that appeals equally to the specialist ... as well as to the general reader interested in archaeology or in Buddhist thought and practice. Choice Professor Salomon has brilliantly illuminated the path to a more historically nuanced approach to the study of Buddhist manuscripts... This volume will serve as a benchmark of clarity, readability, and scholarly precision for anyone attempting to work in similar materials in the future. Sino-Platonic Papers The remarkable success of the rescue and conservation by British Library staff, and of the decipherment and reconstruction by the team in Seattle, hold a promise of yet more revolutionary insights into the construction and meaning of the early Buddhist texts. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsForeword PrefaceNote on the system of transcription and citationAbbreviationsThe Background: Gandhara and Gandharan BuddhismThe Contents of the British Library Kharosthi CollectionPrevious Discoveries of Kharosthi ManuscriptsOrigin and Character of the CollectionFormat, Material, and Construction of the ScrollsPaleographic and Linguistic Features of the Gandharan ScrollsThe Date of the ManuscriptsPreliminary Evaluation of the New CorpusAppendix: Inscribed pots and Potsherds in the British Library CollectionGlossaryReferencesIndex
