Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:conservationStatus	fragile
gptkbp:contentType	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Sutras 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 religious manuscript
gptkbp:heldBy	gptkb:British_Library gptkb:University_of_Washington Private collections
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts
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:Gandhara_civilization Buddhist scripture 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:Gandharan_Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7