Talk:Gandhāran Buddhist texts

one should have added where have they been discovered, this and that... like this, the article is confusing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.43.195.18 (talk) 01:44, 19 March 2016 (UTC)


 * The article clearly states "They are thought to have been found in western Pakistan, the location of Gandhara, buried in ancient monasteries." Dharmalion76 (talk) 02:31, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Could anyone please add this info to the article...
as I have only got a limited internet access.

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jq_m9VpoqUkC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Why+did+Gandharan+buddhists+bury+their+manuscripts&source=bl&ots=chTPZXQe1U&sig=LRYS0ZOrmwKiAjJwagktJMrD0sQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

--202.173.190.40 (talk) 04:30, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

What is a big deal with the content of the book??? As far as know, the age of the material which the buddhist text is written on is able to be determined by the modern technology and I forgot what the instrument has been using--165.228.147.130 (talk) 06:11, 24 January 2009 (UTC) If my memory serves me well, Israel may have that machine. I'm not sure if it's called radiocarbon dating instrument. The follwing link tells. Sorry it's Arizona Uni. I watached a documentary three years ago, in which archaeologists sent their samples to Arizona Uni for analysis from Israel.

http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/arch/arcanal.shtml

Here you go Radiocarbon dating, Neutron activation and X-ray fluorescence

The 'Split' Collection
Just found out about this. Jayarava (talk) 09:19, 2 March 2014 (UTC)


 * The ‘Split’ Collection of Kharoṣṭhī Text. Harry FALK (Berlin) ARIRIAB XIV (2011), 13-23. Online
 * A ﬁrst‐century Prajñāpāramitā manuscript from Gandhāra - parivarta 1 (Texts from the Split Collection 1)Harry FALK and Seishi KARASHIMA. ARIRIAB XV (2012), 19-61. Online

No source for "Khotan Dharmapada" sub-section
I'm almost certain this is the material published in the 19th and early 20th centuries by Sergey Oldenburg and Émile Senart, but it'd be nice to have an actual reference. RedPlanetoid (talk) 06:41, 8 August 2019 (UTC)