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ABC Radio Interview – May 2019

Dr. Mark Allon, Senior Lecturer of South Asian Buddhist Studies at University of Sydney and academic lead of the Gāndhārī Buddhist Texts project, was recently interviewed by ABC radio in a piece called “The ancient communities of Gandhara and their priceless Buddhist manuscripts.” For an up-to-date discussion of the historical and cultural implications of recent and ongoing discoveries of Gāndhārī Buddhist manuscripts, follow the link above to stream online or download the interview. ABC also published a related article called “Crumbling cigars of bark bring scholars one step closer to ancient words of Buddha.”