An edition of Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan: I
(2001)
Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan: I
Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)
by Nicholas Sims-Williams
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Bactrian, the ancient language of Afghanistan, was virtually unknown before the recent discovery of more than a hundred leather documents written in Bactrian in a local variant of the Greek alphabet. As well as revealing an important new language of the Indo-European family, these documents shed light on the history and culture of Afghanistan during the 4th to 8th centuries AD, a turbulent period during which power changed hands many times, ending with the Arab conquest and the introduction of Islam. The three volumes of this series provide a comprehensive edition of the texts, with translations, photographs, glossary, and indexes, making this rich material available to linguists and historians alike.
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May 10, 2001
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256
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Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan: I: Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)
May 10, 2001, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press
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in English and Avestan
0197275028 9780197275023
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