- Source: Bajaur casket
The Bajaur casket, also called the Indravarma reliquary, year 63, or sometimes referred to as the Avaca inscription, is an ancient reliquary from the area of Bajaur in ancient Gandhara, in the present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is dated to around 5–6 CE. It proves the involvement of the Scythian kings of the Apraca, in particular King Indravarman, in Buddhism. The casket is made of schist.
The inscription which is written in Kharoshthi:
The inscription was highly useful in clarifying the little-known Apraca dynasty.
Notes
References
Baums, Stefan (2012). "Catalog and Revised Texts and Translations of Gandharan Reliquary Inscriptions". In Jongeward, David; Errington, Elizabeth; Salomon, Richard; Baums, Stefan (eds.). Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries. Gandharan Studies. Vol. 1. Seattle: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project. pp. 207–208.
Baums, Stefan; Glass, Andrew. "Relic Inscription of Iṃdravaṃma". Catalog of Gāndhārī Texts. CKI 242.
Salomon, Richard (1982). "The "Avaca" Inscription and the Origin of the Vikrama Era". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102 (1): 59–68. doi:10.2307/601111. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 601111.
See also
Cetiya
Bimaran reliquary
Kanishka reliquary
Rukhuna reliquary
Apracharajas
Bajaur
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bajaur casket
- Bajaur District
- Indravarma
- Shinkot casket
- Indo-Scythians
- Kanishka Casket
- Apracharajas
- Kharahostes
- The Unicorn Tapestries
- Kanishka Stupa
