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 [email protected]
Best regards, Asko > On 2. Jul 2022, at 1.23, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> 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 > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology> > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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