Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts

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Buddhist manuscript collection ancient manuscript archaeological artifact

The Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts are some of the oldest surviving Buddhist texts, written in the Gandhari language on birch bark and providing crucial evidence for early Buddhist literature and the history of the northwest Indian subcontinent.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Gandhari scrolls 2
Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project 1
Gandhari Buddhist manuscripts 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist manuscript collection ⓘ
ancient manuscript ⓘ
archaeological artifact ⓘ
associatedWith Sthavira Nikaya ⓘ
surface form: Dharmaguptaka school

Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ
surface form: Gandharan Buddhism

Sarvastivada school ⓘ
containsTextOf Buddhist avadana stories ⓘ
Dhammapada-type verses ⓘ
Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin ancient Gandhara ⓘ
currentLocation British Library ⓘ
University of Washington ⓘ
various museum collections ⓘ
date 1st century BCE ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ
discoveredIn 20th century ⓘ
evidenceFor early canon formation in Buddhism ⓘ
regional variation in early Buddhist literature ⓘ
transmission of Buddhist texts along the Silk Road ⓘ
foundIn clay pots ⓘ
genre Abhidharma text ⓘ
Buddhist commentary ⓘ
Buddhist scripture ⓘ
Buddhist sutra ⓘ
Buddhist verse text ⓘ
language Gandhari Prakrit ⓘ
surface form: Gandhari language
material birch bark ⓘ
period Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Greek period

Kushan Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kushan period
preservationState fragmentary ⓘ
project Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project
region eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
northwest Indian subcontinent ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: present-day Pakistan
relatedTo Greco-Buddhist art ⓘ
surface form: Gandharan Buddhist art

Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gandhari scrolls
religion Buddhism ⓘ
script Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ
surface form: Kharosthi script
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
significance among the oldest surviving Buddhist manuscripts ⓘ
crucial evidence for early Buddhist literature ⓘ
important for the history of Gandhara ⓘ
important for the history of the northwest Indian subcontinent ⓘ
key source for the study of Gandhari language ⓘ
key source for the study of Kharosthi script ⓘ
studiedBy Harry Falk ⓘ
Richard Salomon ⓘ
writingMedium ink ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gandhari Prakrit → notableCorpus → Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ
Gandhari Prakrit → notableCorpus → Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandhari scrolls
Gandhara civilization → produced → Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandhari Buddhist manuscripts
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts → project → Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project
Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts → relatedTo → Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandhari scrolls
Kharoṣṭhī script → hasNotableCorpus → Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandhāran Buddhist manuscripts