Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:conservationStatus fragile
gptkbp:contentType gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Sutras
gptkb:Buddhist_scripture
gptkbp:country ancient India
gptkbp:date 1st century BCE
3rd century CE
gptkbp:digitizedBy yes
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1990s
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:genre gptkb:historical_documents
gptkb:literature
gptkb:religious_manuscript
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:University_of_Washington
Private collections
gptkbp:importantFor earliest evidence of Mahayana Buddhism
insight into early Buddhist schools
gptkbp:influenced Buddhist studies
history of Buddhism
study of ancient scripts
gptkbp:language gptkb:Gandhari
gptkbp:material birch bark
palm leaf
gptkbp:notableProject British Library Gandhara Manuscripts Project
Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project
gptkbp:region gptkb:Gandhara
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Greco-Buddhism
gptkb:Buddhist_scripture
gptkb:Gandhara_civilization
British Library Kharosthi Fragments
Buddhist canons
Robert Senior Collection
Sanskrit Buddhist literature
Schøyen Collection
Senior Manuscript Collection
gptkbp:script gptkb:Kharosthi_script
gptkbp:significance oldest surviving Buddhist manuscripts
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Mark_Allon
gptkb:Richard_Salomon
Timothy Lenz
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Kharosthi
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gandhara_culture
gptkb:Buddhist_Manuscripts_in_the_Schøyen_Collection
gptkb:Gandharan_Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 9
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts