Education - B.A. Oriental Studies (minor in Religion). Columbia University. 1970
- Ph.D. Sanskrit (with Distinction). University of Pennsylvania. 1975
Research & Teaching Fields - Sanskrit and Prakrit language and literature, epigraphy, ancient Indian history, Gandharan studies
Selected Publications -
Indian Epigraphy. A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions
in the Indo-Aryan Languages . New York : Oxford
University Press, 1998.
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Ancient Buddhist Scrolls
from Gandhara: The British
Library Kharo??hi Fragments . Seattle/London:
University of Washington Press/British Library,
1999.
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A Gandhari Version of the Rhinoceros
Sutra:
British Library Kharo??hi Fragment 5B. Seattle
: University of Washington Press, 2000.
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"Gandhari and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages in the
Light of Newly-discovered Kharo??hi Manuscripts." In
N. Sims-Williams, ed., Indo-Iranian Languages and
Peoples ( Oxford : The British Academy
, 2002), pp. 119-34.
- "Writing Systems of the Indo-Aryan Languages." In
G. Cardona and D. Jain, eds., The Indo-Aryan Languages (
London and New York : Routledge, 2003), pp. 67-103.
Current Research Projects - Director of British
Library/University of Washington Early Buddhist Manuscripts
Project and general editor of Gandhāran Buddhist
Texts series.
- Edition of two Gāndhārī versions
of the “Songs
of Lake Anavatapta.”
- Editions of various Gāndhārī manuscripts
in the Schøyen and Senior collections.
| | Courses Taught - Asian
404
- Asian 585
- Indian 401-2
- Indian 410
- Indian 590
- Sanskrit 301-2-3
- Sanskrit 401-2-3
- Sanskrit 411-2-3
- Sanskrit 491-2-3
- Sanskrit 550
- Sanskrit 555
- Sanskrit 570
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