Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya M. [Review:] Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra. The British Library Kharoṣṭhī Fragments. Richard Salomon with contribution by Raymond Allchin and Mark Bernard. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1999, 271 pp.+ 34 pits. + Appendix // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 7. No. 1. March 2001. P. 70—72.
The book under review represents a unique feat. Richard
Salomon was brave enough to undertake a detailed description
of the British Library’s entire collection of manuscripts
and ceramic inscriptions in Kharoṣṭhī writing. He has taken
into account all aspects: dating, place of discovery, means
of preparing writing materials, palaeography, orthography.
special features of language and style. content of identified
works. general conclusions about the culture of Gandhāra.
characteristics of the local Buddhist tradition, and novelties
introduced by the materials under consideration into the
history of Buddhism...
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