Egy kharoṣṭhī felirat Afganisztánból
A Kharoṣṭhī Inscription from Afghanistan
Author(s): János HarmattaSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Ancient World, Historical Linguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: kharoṣṭhī; inscription; Tiravharna ksatrapa; history; ancient world; Jalalabad;
Summary/Abstract: The kharoṣṭhī inscription of Tiravharna ksatrapa (discovered in the southern suburb of Jalalabad in 1923, kept in the Kabul Museum) was set up in honour of the satrap by a man, bearing the Indian name Malasua. The object of the inscription was to commemorate the building of a lotus tank and its inauguration by the ceremony of libation with running water (udagajaladhobuvena) as well as to express the chief desire of the donor to have a son (putrestaparena). Tiravharna was of Indo-Parthian descent and he did not acknowledge the authority of the Saka king Moga, ruling in Gandhára at that time (83 B. C.)
Journal: Antik Tanulmányok
- Issue Year: 45/2001
- Issue No: 1(2)
- Page Range: 45-51
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Hungarian
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