Gilgit Sutras:
In 1931 around 3,000 folios of scripture copied on brick bark were found in Napura , Gilgit. These manuscripts are said to be around 1400 years old and are among the oldest Buddhist manuscripts. The manuscripts are known as Gilgit Lotus Sutras.
#GilgitBaltistan
In 1931 around 3,000 folios of scripture copied on brick bark were found in Napura , Gilgit. These manuscripts are said to be around 1400 years old and are among the oldest Buddhist manuscripts. The manuscripts are known as Gilgit Lotus Sutras.
#GilgitBaltistan
These manuscripts are written in #Sanskrit, with a lot of loaned words from ancient #Prakrit languages and the script used was Devanagari . Nobody has been able to fully decipher these manuscripts,yet we have learned a lot from these manuscripts .
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It contains stories of Buddhist monks , Chronology of Buddhist kings of Gilgit, Ayurvedic medicine, folk tales and #Buddhist philosophy.
These manuscripts are the only corpus of Buddhist manuscripts discovered in the subcontinent. Such was the importance of these manuscripts
These manuscripts are the only corpus of Buddhist manuscripts discovered in the subcontinent. Such was the importance of these manuscripts
and #Britain .
The site might have been the residence of Buddhist monks. According to old #Rajatarangi texts Gilgit was known as #Daradadesa ( Country of Dards ) . While Mahabharata calls the people living in the west of Kashmir as Dardas and describe them as brutal and
The site might have been the residence of Buddhist monks. According to old #Rajatarangi texts Gilgit was known as #Daradadesa ( Country of Dards ) . While Mahabharata calls the people living in the west of Kashmir as Dardas and describe them as brutal and
various civilisations that flourished in Gilgit Baltistan.
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#GilgitBaltistan #History #Gileet #Sargin #Budhist #Buddhism #Dard #Dardistan #Kashmir #Karakoram #Himalayas #Hindukush #Pakistan #India #HighAsia #subcontinent #CentralAsia #Silkroads #Silkroad
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