A New Reading of the Bactrian Part of the Dašt-i Nāwur Trilingual (DN I)
Jakob Halfmann,
Svenja Bonmann,
Simon Fries
et al.
Abstract:The trilingual Kushan royal inscription of Dašt-i Nāwur has been the subject of scholarly controversies since the time of its first scientific publication (Fussman 1974), with different authors defending opposing views and mutually incompatible readings, in particular of the Bactrian part of the inscription (e.g. Davary & Humbach 1976; Sims-Williams & Cribb 1996; Fussman 1998). Progress in the understanding of the inscription has been hampered by inadequate photographic documentation, but also by the c… Show more
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