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[Dominik Wujastyk]

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Richard Salomon wrote:

> guesswork. The bottom line seems to be a pattern of association with the
> "Great Kushanas," especially Kaniska (see Johnston's Buddhacarita, int. pp.
> xiii-xvii)--whenever they/he were


Dear Richard,

Does your comment above mean that you have reservations about the
recent(ish) datings of Kaniska and his dynasty by Nicholas Sims-Williams
and Joe Cribb?

Best,
Dominik




author =        "Nicholas Sims-Williams and Joe Cribb",
  title =         "{A new Bactrian inscription of Kanishka the Great}",
  publisher =     "The Institute of Silk Road Studies",
  year =          "1995/96 {[1996]}",
  volume =        "4",
  journal =         "{Silk Road art and archaeology}",
  address =   "Kamakura",
  pages =          "75--142",
  abstract =      "Kaniska  earliest 100--126, latest 120--146.",


  author =        "Joe Cribb",
  title =         "{The early Kushan kings: new evidence for chronology.
    Evidence from the Rabatak inscription of Kanishka I}",
  booktitle =     "{Coins, art, and chronology.  Essays on the pre-Islamic
    history of the Indo-Iranian borderlands}",
  year =          "1999",
  pages =         "177--205",