Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t5.5

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A large number of Kharoṣṭhī inscriptions have been discovered and published in recent decades, including several of considerable historical and cultural importance. Among these are the Brussels Buddha image inscription (BEFEO 61, 54–8), which provided a rare instance of a dated Gāndhāran sculpture; the Mathurā pedestal inscription (EI 40, 168–9), one of the few biscript (Kharoṣṭhī and Brāhmī) records (see 2.5.4); the Indravarman relic casket inscription (JAOS 102, 59–68), which proved the existence of an era dating from the ascension of the Scythian king Azes I which can be identified with the “Vikrama” era (see 5.5.1.3); and the Senavarma relic deposit inscription on a gold leaf (IIJ 29, 261–93), which is the longest Kharoṣṭhī record known to date.⁷⁹