The Aramaic inscription of Taxila is an inscription on a piece of marble, originally belonging to an octagonal column, discovered by Sir John Marshall...
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Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, also known as Northwest Semitic inscriptions, are the primary extra-Biblical source for understanding of the society...
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Aramaic Inscription of Taxila, followed in 1932 by the Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription. In 1958 the famous Bilingual Kandahar Inscription, written in Greek...
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had discovered the Aramaic Inscription of Taxila. In 1958 the famous Bilingual Kandahar Inscription, written in Greek and Aramaic was discovered, and...
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1915, Sir John Marshall discovered the Aramaic Inscription of Taxila, and in 1932 another inscription in Aramaic was discovered in the Laghman Valley in...
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Ashoka (redirect from Asoka of India)
rebellion may be corroborated by an Aramaic-language inscription discovered at Sirkap near Taxila. The inscription includes a name that begins with the...
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Minor Rock Edicts (category Indian inscriptions)
Inscription, in Greek and in Aramaic, written in the 10th year of his reign (260 BCE), which is the first known inscription of Ashoka. There are several...
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Several of the Edicts of Ashoka, such as the Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription or the Taxila inscription were written in Aramaic, one of the official...
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Syriac letters or other symbols instead of Syriac script. The ancient Aramaic alphabet was used to write the Aramaic languages spoken by ancient Aramean pre-Christian...
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Takht-i-Bahi (redirect from Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol)
century CE. An inscriptions prove it found bearing the name of Gondophares (20–46 CE). After Gondophares, the area fell under control of Kujula Kadphises...
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Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften (category Aramaic inscriptions)
English, Canaanite and Aramaic Inscriptions), or KAI, is the standard source for the original text of Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions not contained in the...
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Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription, in Greek and in Aramaic, written in the 10th year of his reign (260 BCE) at the border of his empire with the Hellenistic...
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referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan. It was built over the relics of the Buddha by Ashoka in the 3rd...
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along with the nearby monastery at Mohra Muradu, form part of the Ruins of Taxila – a collection of excavations that were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage...
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Sirkap (category Taxila Tehsil)
Punjabi: سرکپ) is the name of an archaeological site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactrian...
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Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line. Takht Bahi Gandhara Taxila Islamabad Tourist Treasures, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad Pg 1 Punjab District Gazetteers:...
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Kanishka Stupa (redirect from Stupa of Kanishka)
four world-regents learnt the mind of the king. So for his sake they took the form of young boys….[and] began a stupa of mud....the boys said to [Kanishka]...
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Greco-Buddhism (category Ancient history of Afghanistan)
teaching. In 326 BC, Alexander conquered the Northern region of India. King Ambhi of Taxila, known as Taxiles, surrendered his city, a notable Buddhist...
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Jandial (category Taxila Tehsil)
the city of Taxila in Pakistan is the site of an ancient temple well known for its Ionic columns. The temple is located 630 meters north of the northern...
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Greco-Buddhist art (redirect from Gandhara school of art)
in the world). Lahore Museum, Lahore, Pakistan. Taxila Museum, Taxila, Pakistan. National Museum of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan. Indian Museum, Kolkata...
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Brahmi script (category Linguistic history of India)
of the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas in Taxila to the court of the Shunga king Bhagabhadra. Historically, it is one of the earliest known inscriptions related...
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The Taxila copper-plate, also called the Moga inscription or the Patika copper-plate is a notable archaeological artifact found in the area of Taxila, Gandhara...
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ruins of Seri Bahlol are the remnants of a small ancient fortified town built during the Kushan period. The city was protected during the time of John...
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columns at Jandial, Taxila A tetrastyle prostyle early Gupta period temple of almost Classical appearance at Sanchi, an example of Buddhist architecture...
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is in the British Museum. The casket is dedicated in Kharoshthi. The inscription reads: Originally it was believed, that the text is signed by the maker...
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Parthian language (category Extinct languages of Asia)
derived from Aramaic, the script (and language) of the Achaemenid chancellery (Imperial Aramaic). Secondly, it had a high incidence of Aramaic words, which...
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Mohra Muradu (category Taxila Tehsil)
(Urdu: موہرا مرادو) is the place of an ancient Buddhist stupa and monastery near the ruins of Taxila, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The ancient monastery...
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Loriyan Tangai (section Buddha "of the year 318")
many statues of the site sent to the Indian Museum of Calcutta. One of the statues of the Buddha from Loriyan Tangai has an inscription mentioning "the...
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(Pashto: بت کړه سټوپا) is an important Buddhist stupa near Mingora, in the area of Swat, Pakistan. It may have been built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, but...
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(originally meaning "The caves") is the name of an archaeological site in the area of Taxila in Pakistan, where it is one of the largest Buddhist establishment...
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