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Revisiting the Bactrian and Gāndhārī Bilingual Inscriptions from Dasht-e Nāwūr

Published:2023-10-12 Issue:4 Volume:66 Page:333-383
ISSN:0019-7246
Container-title:Indo-Iranian Journal
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Author:

Palunčić Filip¹^ORCID,Palunčić Daniella²^ORCID,Maharaj B.T.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Pretoria Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Pretoria South Africa

2. University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa

Abstract

Abstract The historically important Kushan trilingual inscriptions of Dasht-e Nāwūr are revisited. The readings and interpretations of the bilingual DN I (Bactrian)—DN IV (Gāndhārī) are presented. Through careful analysis of the photos, paper rubbings and latex moulds of DN I published by Gérard Fussman in 1974, a reading of lines 7–13 is proposed which shows further significant parallels with known Kushan-period Bactrian inscriptions, supplementing the decipherment of lines 1–6 by Nicholas Sims-Williams. Furthermore, a comprehensive reading of the Gāndhārī version DN IV in Kharoṣṭhī script is proposed, which presents a true bilingual with DN I and corroborates our reading of DN I. Based on our reading of the bilingual DN I–DN IV, the inscriptions commemorate the arrival of Vema Taktu to Dasht-e Nāwūr, located in the Ghaznī province of Afghanistan, in Vema’s fifteenth regnal year.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Linguistics and Language,Philosophy

Link

https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/iij/66/4/article-p333_2.xml

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