Vāsudeva Inscription

Language: Sanskrit
Date: 600-700
Indoskript editor: Kathrin Holz
Dynasty:
ID: 894
Place of origin: Swat (72° 21' long., 34° 46' lat.)

Variants

Literature

Metadata:

Script	early Proto-Sharada
Language	Sanskrit
Support	marble
Lines	4
Dimensions	25 x 15 x 9 cm
Dating	6th/7th c. CE
Basis of dating	palaeography
Origin	Bīrkoṭ-Ghwaṇḍai in Swat
Current location	Private collection

Edition(s):

Khaw, Nasha Bin Rodziadi. 2016. Study and analysis of Brāhmī and Śāradā inscriptions from Gandhāra: its impact on religious, cultural and historical landscape of the region. A thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology. University of Peshawar: 66, plates 32a and 32b, tables 31 and 74.

Nasim Khan. “Images, Inscriptions and Viṣṇuism. The story of the archaeological site of Hund, Gandhāra.”

Secondary Bibliography:

Salomon, Richard. 2018. “What Happened to Buddhism in India? (Presidential address, IABS XVIII, Toronto, August 20, 2017).” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 41: 15–17.

Sample page:

Sample page available on https://heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/#/detail/23977332