Dear list members,
We have just launched a crowdfunding campaign for the study and digital
publishing of two new 1st to 2nd century AD Gandhari scrolls, one
containing a portion of the first chapter of a Gandhari version of the Samādhirāja-sūtra,
the Discourse on the King of Concentrations, the second containing a
portion of a Gandhari version of the ninth chapter of the Pratyutpanna-buddha-saṃmukhāvasthita-samādhi-sūtra,
the Discourse on the Concentration of Direct Encounter with the Buddhas
of the Present Time, both important Mahāyāna texts. For further
information and donation platform, see https://crowdfunding.sydney.edu.au/project/10335.
If 200 people each donated $100, our crowdfunding page would reach its
goal. The bulk of the funds raised will go towards paying research and
technical assistants and covering the costs of producing high quality
colour and infrared images of the manuscripts. All receipting is handled
by the University of Sydney. For Australian donors, donations $2 and
above are tax deductible and gifts given before the 30th of June are tax
deduction for this financial year.
Kindest regards,
Dr. Mark Allon
Prof Paul Harrison
Prof Richard Salomon
Dr Andrew Skilton
Dr Stephanie Majcher
Ian McCrabb
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Gold leaf covered schist reliquary in
the form of a stupa. Kusana period, North Western India. National
Museum, Karachi, Pakistan. Copyright: Huntington, John C. and Susan L.Huntington Archive
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