Richard Salomon
E520873
Richard Salomon is a scholar of South Asian and Buddhist studies known for his pioneering work on early Buddhist texts, especially the Gandhari birch-bark manuscripts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Salomon canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Buddhist philology
ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ |
| affiliation | Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in Sanskrit and Indian studies ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | University of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist studies
ⓘ
Indology ⓘ South Asian studies ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ paleography ⓘ |
| hasRole |
editor
ⓘ
translator of Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Ashokan inscriptions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gandhāran art and culture ⓘ Indian epigraphic traditions ⓘ Northwest Indian history ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on Gandhari manuscripts
ⓘ
research on Kharoṣṭhī script ⓘ studies of Buddhist manuscript culture ⓘ study of early Buddhist texts ⓘ work on birch-bark manuscripts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work on Gāndhārī birch-bark scrolls
ⓘ
reconstruction of early Buddhist textual history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Gāndhārī Version of the Rhinoceros Sūtra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Epigraphy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhāra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist studies scholar
ⓘ
epigrapher ⓘ philologist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Gandhāran Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gāndhārī language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kharoṣṭhī manuscripts ⓘ early Buddhist canons ⓘ textual transmission of Buddhism ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.