List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Note on the system of transcription and citation
Abbreviations
The Background: Gandhara and Gandharan Buddhism
The Contents of the British Library Kharosthi Collection
Previous Discoveries of Kharosthi Manuscripts
Origin and Character of the Collection
Format, Material, and Construction of the Scrolls
Paleographic and Linguistic Features of the Gandharan Scrolls
The Date of the Manuscripts
Preliminary Evaluation of the New Corpus
Appendix: Inscribed pots and Potsherds in the British Library Collection
Glossary
References
Index