Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t5.3

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The majority of Kharoṣṭhī inscriptions record Buddhist relic deposits, donations to monasteries, image dedications, and so on. Most are written on stone, though inscriptions on metals (copper, bronze, silver, and gold) and on earthen materials are also known. The Kharoṣṭhī inscriptions are conventionally divided into those of the Indo-Greek and Scytho-Parthian phase (second century B.C. to first century A.D.) and those of the Kuṣāṇa period (first to third centuries A.D.).