Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208523

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0208523

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The edition, translation, and study of the newly discovered Senior collection of Buddhist manuscripts from ancient Gandhara. This research will produce scholarly editions, translations, and studies of several of the newly discovered Buddhist manuscripts from ancient Gandhara (modern Afghanistan/Pakistan). These manuscripts, which are the earliest Buddhist manuscripts yet discovered (c. 1st century A.D.), represent the first major find of early Buddhist texts from this region, and some of the first examples of the literature of the Dharmaguptaka school of Buddhism. This research will substantially increase our understanding of the history of Buddhism in this region, of the formation of Buddhist literature, of Gandhari, the ancient language of this region, and of this little understood school of Buddhism.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $458,936.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Religion and Religious Traditions | Indian Languages | Indian | Buddhist Studies |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Religion and society |

Other Keywords

Buddhist Studies | Indian | Indian Languages | Languages and Literature | Religion and Religious Traditions | Religion and society | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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