Kushan Histories (eBook)

Literary Sources and Selected Papers from a Symposium at Berlin, December 5 to 7, 2013

Harry Falk (Herausgeber)

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2025 | 1., Unverändertes eBook der 1. Auflage von 2016
304 Seiten
Helmut Buske Verlag
978-3-96769-760-5 (ISBN)

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Harry Falks "Kushan Histories" discusses new research concerning the Kushan dynasty and is based on a Symposium held from December 5-7th, 2013 in Berlin. The first part of the book introduces the literary sources. After naming the primary sources and translations a wide range of texts presented chronologically gives an overview of the Kushan history in its totality. In the second part of "Kushan Histories" five papers deal with different religious, military and cultural aspects of the Kushan dynasty: How were the expansion of Buddhism and the dynasty linked to each other and which role did Zoroastrianism play among the Kushans? How can new geographical perspectives prove the former existence of a military camp of the Kushans north of the Bactra oasis? Which historical data regarding Kanishka's conquest of India can be drawn from a Bactrian inscription and what did the female deity Nana mean to the Kushans? This volume is the 23rd in the series "Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie".

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.6.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Monographien zur Indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie
• Zusatzinfo: Zahlreiche Abbildungen
• Verlagsort: Hamburg
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Bactrian inscription • Buddhismus • Kushan
• ISBN-10: 3-96769-760-6 / 3967697606
• ISBN-13: 978-3-96769-760-5 / 9783967697605