[INDOLOGY] Sanskrit inscription in Egypt?

Sat Jul 2 11:32:26 UTC 2022

I'm afraid that the "beautiful Buddha statue" requires a fair bit of
interpolation to see, as the speaker himself makes quite clear. I have no
evidence that this is not a buddha, and if this partial image were found in
an Indian context we might well assume it to have been a buddha, but in
this context it requires really a great deal of imagination to conclude
that it is. More than a small amount caution is warranted, I should say.

Jonathan Silk

On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:49 PM Westin Harris via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Rich,
>
> Here is a link (below) to a fascinating slideshow presentation by Dr.
> Sidebotham showcasing many South Asian finds at Berenike.
>
> From what I can tell, he does not mention the Sanskrit inscription but he
> does discuss numerous other South Asian discoveries at Berenike, including
> a beautiful Buddha statue at 47:00, a South Asian textile resembling an
> Ajanta mural at 26:50, South Asian beads at 28:00, and more.
>
> Video link: https://youtu.be/2q1fyoZN10Q
>
> *Sincerely,*
>
> *Westin Harris*
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Study of Religion
> University of California, Davis
> https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris
>
> 2021 Dissertation Fellow,
> The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
>
> Sarva Mangalam.
>
> On Jul 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM, Charles DiSimone via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> 
> Dear Rich,
>
> The talk alluded to in the Facebook post Madhav appears to be here
> <https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/GandharaConnections/webcasts?fbclid=IwAR1Annmu8GN0F8gkN1BYeB5FPXkXtQk0wQnJNWp8ljuMFEfYi9RwBJUq_NQ> in
> session 5 of the Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context: international
> workshop: Dr Shailendra Bhandare (Ashmolean Museum), and Martina Stoye
> (Museum für Asiatische Kunst Berlin, SMB, SPK)Indian Dedications at
> Berenike on the Red Sea. There's a video available but I have always found
> the Gandhāra Connections website to be very finicky and have not been able
> to get it to play on my computer but only on my phone. Hopefully you have
> more luck!
>
> All my best,
> Charlie
>
> Dr. Charles DiSimone
> Department of Languages and Cultures
> Ghent University
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 9:24 AM Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> 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 <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> 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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