CKI03340 Ajidaseṇa – Mata, Swāt – gold sheet (year 4)

This gold sheet from Swāt was discovered in a stone pot.  Tatsuzo Kaku, an antiquities dealer from Tokyo, reported on the circumstances of the find.  “I acquired some time ago a reliquary of grey shale found during a search in Mata, Swât region, Pakistan. This reliquary contained a large number of pearls, precious stones and gold and silver flowers; A 13 x 10 cm cotton fabric. with embroidery depicting the three jewels; a gold plate 11 x 4 cm. with a seven-line kharośthi inscription.”  This outline of the circumstances of the find and photographs of the reliquary, its contents and the inscribed gold sheet were provided to Fussman who published the initial edition in 1986.

Content Summary

Previous Editions

• Fussman, Gerard. 1986. “Documents épigraphiques kouchans (IV) : Ajitasena, père de Senavarma.” Bulletin de l’École française d’Extrême‐Orient 75: 1–14
• Baums, Stefan. 2012. “Catalog and Revised Texts and Translations of Gandharan Reliquary Inscriptions.” In: David Jongeward, Elizabeth Errington, Richard Salomon and Stefan Baums, Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries. Gandharan Studies, Volume 1, Seattle: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project. 209-11

Acknowledgements

Research on this edition and production of the digital edition was completed with the generous support of the Prakaś Foundation.  The transliteration, translation, chāyā and glossary have been reviewed by Mark Allon and Stephanie Majcher.