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A Gandhari Version of the Rhinoceros Sutra
Prominent in several Buddhist traditions, the Rhinoceros Sutra espouses the virtues of solitude, explaining the dangers of attachments, prescribing a solitary spiritual life, and …
Indian Epigraphy
Salomon surveys all the inscriptional material - documents written in ink on various surfaces, or carved into stone and metal, as well as seals - in the Indo-Aryan languages. He …
Three Early Mahayana Treatises from Gandhara
The Gandharan birch-bark scrolls preserve the earliest remains of Buddhist literature known today and provide unprecedented insights into the history of Buddhism. This volume …
Improving Soil Health
Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. More sustainable crop production based on agroecological principles is seen as a key solution to this challenge. …
City of Mirrors
Carol Salomon dedicated over thirty years of her life to researching, translating, and annotating this compilation of songs by the Bengali poet and mystical philosopher Lalan Sai …
Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries
Gandhara, the ancient name for the region around modern Peshawar in northern Pakistan, was of pivotal importance in the production of Buddhist texts and art in the first centuries …
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea is a riveting historical account of the naval battles that took place during World War II. Written by Henry Salomon, the book provides a comprehensive overview of …
Two Gandhari Manuscripts of the "Songs of Lake Anavatapta" (Anavatapta-gatha)
This fifth volume in the Gandharan Buddhist Texts series (GBT) presents two fragmentary manuscripts of the poem "Songs of Lake Anavatapta." Previously known from versions in …
Older Workers in a Sustainable Society
The challenges of an ageing population and workforce are increasingly recognised by policy makers, managers and workers in many countries. In this book, prominent researchers …
Envisioning the Faculty for the Twenty-first Century
The institution of tenure—once a cornerstone of American colleges and universities—is rapidly eroding. Today, the majority of faculty positions are part-time or limited-term …