Tochi Valley Inscription A

Language: Sanskrit
Date: 856
Indoskript editor: Kathrin Holz
Dynasty:
ID: 904
Place of origin: Tochi Valley, North Waziristan (70° 0' long., 33° 0' lat.)

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Metadata:

Script	Proto-Sharada
Language	Sanskrit
Support	stone
Lines	5
Dimensions	62,5 x 28 cm
Inscribed area	18.5 x 15 cm
Average letter size	H 1.5 × W 1.5 cm
Dating	856/7 CE (Laukika era)
Basis of dating	intrinsic date
Origin	Tochi Valley, North Waziristan
Current location	Peshawar Museum PM 5581

Edition(s):

Dani, A. H., H. Humbach and Robert Göbl. 1964. "Tochi Valley Inscriptions in the Peshawar Museum." Ancient Pakistan 1: 125–35.

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: 114f., plates 71a and 71b, tables 67 and 75.

Sims-Williams, Nicolas and François De Blois with contributions by Harry Falk and Dieter Weber. 2018. Studies in the Chronology of the Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences: 94.

Secondary Bibliography:

Shakur, M. A. 1946. A Handbook to the Inscriptions Gallery in the Peshawar Museum. Peshawar: Museum of Peshawar: 43-45.

Sample page:

Sample page available on https://heidicon.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/#/detail/23977870