The Copper Plates of Helagupta: A New Edition and Study

The article presents a new edition, translation, and interpretation of the inscription, which was previously published by H. Falk in 2014, of the otherwise unknown Buddhist patron Helagupta (helaüta). The inscription, datable to the latter half of the first century CE, is recorded on five copper pla...

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Main Author: Salomon, Richard 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-69
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gandhari Prakrit / Inscription / Buddhism / Ancestor cult / History 0-100
RelBib Classification:BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B brahma merit
B Helagupta
B Inscriptions
B Gandhari Prakrit
B Kharoṣṭhī
B śrāddha
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