A newly delivered lecture by our PI Ingo Strauch explores South Asian inscriptions in Egypt—an exciting topic beyond the project’s main focus.
more
The new platform provides searchable grapheme images, metadata, and comparison tools for Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts. Proto-Sharada material will be added gradually as the project progresses.
more
Kathrin Holz shares new Proto‑Śāradā project research at the annual conference of the ÖAW Cluster of Excellence EurAsian Transformations.
more
We are pleased to announce that we have organized a panel at the upcoming Deutsche Orientalistentag (DOT) conference. Looking forward to engaging discussions and insightful contributions.
more
The project team will work on the development of the Proto-Śāradā database. This database will include images, transliterations and translations of all Proto-Śāradā inscriptions and of the documents in the JZC that are accessible.
more
In the focus of the field research are the photographic documentation and the collection of metadata concerning inscriptions, manuscripts, and archeological objects in museums and on archeological sites. The inspection of the sites will also help to better evaluate the archeological context of the epigraphs. The field trip will also serve to gain more information about the actual find-spots of our documents and their specific archaeological correlation.
more
Um eine bisher kaum erforschte Periode der altindischen Geschichte dreht sich ein neues Projekt der Indologie: Es geht um die Zeit des Übergangs vom Buddhismus zum Hinduismus im Nordwesten des Landes.
more
