Khalatse inscription
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The Khalatse inscription is an ancient rock inscription in the Kharoṣṭhī script found near Khalatse in Ladakh, providing important evidence of early Buddhist and Indo-Tibetan cultural and political presence in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khalatse inscription canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological artifact
ⓘ
rock inscription ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indo-Tibetan cultural interaction
ⓘ
Indo-Tibetan political presence ⓘ early Buddhism in Ladakh ⓘ |
| chronologicalClassification | ancient period ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Buddhist
ⓘ
Indo-Tibetan ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Khalatse region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
early Buddhist presence in Ladakh
ⓘ
early Indo-Tibetan contacts ⓘ political activity in early Ladakh ⓘ |
| function |
commemorative inscription
ⓘ
religious record ⓘ |
| importance |
important source for spread of Buddhism in Western Himalaya
ⓘ
key evidence for early history of Ladakh ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-Aryan (probable) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Indian Himalayas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ladakh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Khalatse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | rock ⓘ |
| medium | rock surface ⓘ |
| regionOfCulturalSignificance | Western Himalaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Buddhism ⓘ |
| script | Kharoṣṭhī script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Buddhist studies
ⓘ
Central Asian studies ⓘ Himalayan studies ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Brahmi-derived scripts ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.