Dear colleagues,

To a considerable extent, my own career was shaped by the work of Professor Fussman and my acquaintance with him. His publications in the late 1960-s and succeeding decades in effect revived a somewhat moribund field of Gandharan epigraphy, and they inspired me to continue in that field. One detail of his work that stands out in my memory was his learned identification of yaṁbulima in the reliquary inscription of Sadaṣaka and Muṁji (see Corpus of Kharoṣṭhī inscriptions, no. 328) as a loan from Greek embolimos, "intercalary month." This insight eventually led, through a series of interpretations by subsequent scholars, to very important insights on early Indian chronology (see especially Harry Falk and Chris Bennett.,“Macedonian Intercalary Months and the Era of Azes.” Acta Orientalia 70 [2009]: 197–216).

It was also, I believe, Fussman who originated the expression "Greater Gandhara" as a term for the wide region in northwestern India and adjoining countries which formed a semi-coherent cultural unit in the early centuries of the Common Era. I have used this term frequently in my own publications and have sometimes been credited, incorrectly, with having invented it. I believe that I did credit Fussman with its invention in some of my earlier publications, though I don't recall where exactly. In any case, I wish to take this opportunity to clear the record, with a view to expressing my debt to the late Professor Fussman for his great contributions to the field of Gandharan studies..

Richard Salomon

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 2:01 PM Arlo Griffiths via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
<https://union-rationaliste.org/hommage-a-gerard-fussman/>



From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces@list.indology.info> on behalf of Jonathan Silk via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>
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Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Gerard Fussman
 
Thank you for sharing this sad news.

Prof. Fussman, while he could certainly be a difficult person at times, was a truly great scholar who made many really important contributions. He will be missed.

Jonathan Silk

On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 10:51 PM Clementin Catherine <catherine.clementin-ojha@ehess.fr> wrote:
Dear List,
Persons of his entourage have informed me that the French indologist, Gerard Fussman, professor at the College de France from 1984 to 2011, passed away in Strasbourg on May 14, 2022, a few days before his 82nd birthday. 
Yours,
Catherine Clementin-Ojha



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