Dear Rich, Here is a link (below) to a fascinating slideshow presentation by Dr. Sidebotham showcasing many South Asian finds at Berenike.
From what I can tell, he does not mention the Sanskrit inscription but he does discuss numerous other South Asian discoveries at Berenike, including a beautiful Buddha statue at 47:00, a South Asian textile resembling an Ajanta mural at 26:50, South Asian beads at 28:00, and more. Video link: https://youtu.be/2q1fyoZN10Q Sincerely, Westin Harris Ph.D. Candidate Study of Religion University of California, Davis https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris 2021 Dissertation Fellow, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies Sarva Mangalam. > On Jul 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM, Charles DiSimone via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Rich, > > The talk alluded to in the Facebook post Madhav appears to be here in session > 5 of the Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context: international workshop: Dr > Shailendra Bhandare (Ashmolean Museum), and Martina Stoye (Museum für > Asiatische Kunst Berlin, SMB, SPK)Indian Dedications at Berenike on the Red > Sea. There's a video available but I have always found the Gandhāra > Connections website to be very finicky and have not been able to get it to > play on my computer but only on my phone. Hopefully you have more luck! > > All my best, > Charlie > > Dr. Charles DiSimone > Department of Languages and Cultures > Ghent University > > >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 9:24 AM Asko Parpola via INDOLOGY >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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]> 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] >>>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> INDOLOGY mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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