Sten Konow

Remarks on the Khotanese Jatakastava

By Sten Konow

This article discusses a manuscript discovered in the Tun-huang caves containing the Jatakastava, a Khotanese poem dedicated to praising the Buddha’s virtues through stories of his previous births…

Banerji on Sakas and Kusanas

By Sten Konow

Note on Toramana

By Sten Konow

The note discusses K.P. Jayaswal's interpretation of the name "Mauna" (with variants like Yauna, Jana) in the Puranas, linking it to the Kusinas through the Kura inscription of Toramana. Jayaswal…

Kalidasa in China

By Sten Konow

The author reassesses Louis Finot’s claim that the Sanskrit poet Kalidasa was known in China. Finot based his argument on an unnumbered palm‑leaf page found in a Buddhist monastery in Zhejiang…

A Note on the Girdharpur Brahmi Inscription of the Year 28

By Sten Konow

The Girdharpur Brahmi inscription (c. 28 CE, Kanishka's reign) records a perpetual gift of 4,100 products by a donor identified as *pracini Konusarvkamana-putena Khavdsalerapoatina Vakanapati*, son…

Further Kanishka Notes

By Sten Konow

The further Kaniska notes discuss the historical context of Kanishka's era and his Indian campaign. Dr. van Wijk's analysis of Khotan inscriptions dated to c. 128-129 AD suggests a regnal timeline…

Two New Publications About Buddhism

By Sten Konow

Two recent publications on Buddhism, Louis de La Vallee Poussin’s *La morale Bouddhique* (1927) and Th. Stcherbatsky’s *Conception of Buddhist Nirvana* (1927), are highlighted as essential reading…

The date of Kaniska and Mr. Kimura

By Sten Konow

The discussion revolves around determining the date of the Indo-Scythian emperor Kaniska, with a critical examination of Mr. Kimura’s arguments based on Chinese and Tibetan sources. Kimura cites a…

Introduction

By Sten Konow

The Indian Historical Quarterly, launched in March 1925, addresses the need for a dedicated platform to consolidate scattered research on Indian history and civilization. Dr. Narendra Nath Law…