Bajaur casket

Bajaur casket

The Bajaur casket is an ancient Buddhist reliquary from the area of Bajaur, in Gandhara. It is dated to around 5-6 CE. [Metropolitan Museum of Art, museum notice.] It proves the involvement of the Indo-Scythian kings of the Apraca, in particular King Indravarman, in Buddhism. The casket is made of schist.

The inscription which is written in Kharoshthi, translates into English as:

Notes

References

*cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/601111 |title=The "Avaca" Inscription and the Origin of the Vikrama Era |author=Richard Salomon |publisher=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=102 |issue=1 |date=Jan. - Mar. 1982 |pages=pp. 59–68

ee also

* Reliquary
* Apraca
* Bajaur


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