[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit inscription in Egypt?

[Asko Parpola]

Excavations have been carried out at Berenike from the early 1990s under Steven Sidebotham, who in 2011 published the following book:
Sidebotham, Steven E., 2011. Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route. (The California World History Library 18.) Berkeley: University of California Press. xviii, 434 pp., ill. 
Steven E. Sidebotham is Professor of History at the University of Delaware, email ses at udel.edu

Best regards, Asko


> On 2. Jul 2022, at 1.23, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Dear Rich,
> 
>      I see a March 29 message on FaceBook by Shailen Bhandare:
> 
> "The recording of our presentation on interesting "transcultural" findings from the excavations at Berenike is now on-line. I present an exciting discovery - the first ever Sanskrit inscription found in Egypt, dated in the reign of Roman Emperor Philip 'the Arab'! It is a dedicatory inscription left by a Kshatriya named Vasula, and undoubtedly of a Buddhist nature as indicated by its colophon. Thanks again to Steve Sidebotham and Team Berenike!"
> 
> Shailen Bhandare will be the best source of information on this topic.
> 
> Madhav
> 
> Madhav M. Deshpande
> Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
> University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
> Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
> Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
> 
> [Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 1:13 PM Richard G. Salomon via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> Some weeks ago I saw a reference on Facebook to the recent discovery of a Sanskrit inscription in Egypt, said to be dated to the reign of the Roman emperor Philip "the Arab" (244-249 CE). But I haven't been able to find any further information about this. Has anyone heard any more about this?
> 
> Rich Salomon
> 
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