Articles on Gilgit Buddhist Manuscripts
The Buddhist Manuscripts at Gilgit
By Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936
This article reports on the examination of a set of Buddhist manuscripts discovered at Gilgit. The author describes the manuscript as the fourth Gilgit text he has studied in Kashmir. It is a small collection of twenty‑two leaves written on birch bark in…
The Buddhist Manuscripts at Gilgit
By Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
The Buddhist Manuscripts at Gilgit include a third birch-bark manuscript written in Cursive Gupta characters (6th century CE), with well-preserved glaze and ink. Titled *Sarvatathagatadhishthan-sarvalokanabuddha-chintamshasandarshanamahayanasutra*, it…
The Buddhist Manuscripts at Gilgit
By Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932
Among the most significant manuscript discoveries of the twentieth century are the Buddhist texts unearthed at Gilgit, near the upper Indus River. This article focuses on a birch‑bark manuscript written in Gupta‑style script that contains the…
A Buddhist Manuscript at Gilgit
By Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932