Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan. Volume 2: Letters and Buddhist Texts
Nicholas Sims-Williams
Bactrian, the ancient language of Afghanistan, was virtually unknown before the recent discovery of more than a hundred leather documents written in Bactrian in a local variant of the Greek alphabet. As well as revealing an important new language of the Indo-European family, these documents shed light on the history and culture of Afghanistan during the 4th to 8th centuries AD, a turbulent period during which power changed hands many times, ending with the Arab conquest and the introduction of Islam. The three volumes of this series provide a comprehensive edition of the texts, with translations, photographs, glossary, and indexes, making this rich material available to linguists and historians alike.
Kategorie:
Tom:
II
Rok:
2000
Wydanie:
1
Wydawnictwo:
Oxford University Press
Język:
english
Strony:
326
ISBN 10:
1874780900
ISBN 13:
9781874780908
Serie:
Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum, Part II Volume III
Plik:
PDF, 31.29 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2000