A hearty congratulations, Divya. Though outside my regional area of expertise, the Berenike material, Helgö Buddha, and other South Asian images found "west of Afghanistan" constitute something of a hobby fascination of mine. I'll be eagerly awaiting the publication of the book.
*Sincerely, * *Westin Harris, PhD* Resident Scholar in Himalayan Cultures Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art Review Editor Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies https://ucdavis.academia.edu/WestinHarris On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM Divya Kumar-Dumas via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> wrote: > We have a book coming out on this subject next year to be published by > Brepols. It will be called « Moving (Indian) Images in the First Millennium > » (or something similar) and is the product of a seminar series I designed > and co-organized at NYU-ISAW in 2021-2022 called « Indian Ocean Figures > that Sailed Away <https://isaw.nyu.edu/research/io-figures> ». The > supporting website is active if you’d like to learn more. Please look out > for the book which features essays from participants in the series. > > All best wishes, > Divya > > -- > Divya Kumar-Dumas, PhD > <https://arthistory.umd.edu/directory/divya-kumar-dumas> > Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow > Department of Art History & Archaeology > University of Maryland, College Park > Pronouns: she/her > > Research Associate | Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), > NYU | [email protected] > <https://isaw.nyu.edu/people/affiliates/research-associates/divya-kumar-dumas> > Managing Editor | Gardens of the Roman Empire > <https://roman-gardens.github.io/people/> > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM Michael Brattus Jones via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> There was a cover article on this in the July/August 2024 issue of >> Smithsonian magazine. It mentions both the statue and the inscription, with >> photographs. >> >> Using the link below, I seemed to be able to access the full text of the >> article along with at least some of the photos, without triggering the >> paywall for their subscribers’ archive. I assume the physical copy would be >> widely available at libraries in any case. >> >> >> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hidden-ancient-egyptian-port-reveals-180984485/ >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.smithsonianmag.com_history_hidden-2Dancient-2Degyptian-2Dport-2Dreveals-2D180984485_&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=1wbo7cyG-JNoXCRmefTJBg&m=LzvuC9SPEZxHYuxsbVmB5nrmCDt7wrWJSst0OuH2N2NMdJMijkgSvttY4-DsswBv&s=nXwPESlE61xrzlhoYUJx1uAek46i-lB-QYxrkc5wdgI&e=> >> >> Enjoy!! >> Mike B. Jones >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 2, 2022, at 10:15 AM, Richard G. Salomon via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks to Charlie and all the others who responded to my query about the >> Sanskrit inscription from Egypt. I don't have time right now to look >> closely at it, but this does seem to be the real deal. Very interesting! >> >> Rich Salomon >> >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 12:30 AM Charles DiSimone via INDOLOGY < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Rich, >>> >>> The talk alluded to in the Facebook post Madhav appears to be here >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.carc.ox.ac.uk_GandharaConnections_webcasts-3Ffbclid-3DIwAR1Annmu8GN0F8gkN1BYeB5FPXkXtQk0wQnJNWp8ljuMFEfYi9RwBJUq-5FNQ&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=1wbo7cyG-JNoXCRmefTJBg&m=LzvuC9SPEZxHYuxsbVmB5nrmCDt7wrWJSst0OuH2N2NMdJMijkgSvttY4-DsswBv&s=UfTdhpbszF97NP_YSKZkj389AGYCFb9xVBnFULBmj30&e=> >>> 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] <[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. 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