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（Corpus inscriptionum Iranicarum, pt. 2 . Inscriptions of the Seleucid and Parthian periods and of Eastern Iran and Central Asia ; v. 6 . Bactrian ; Bactrian documents from Northern Afghanistan / by Nicholas Sims-Williams ; 1）（Studies in the Khalili Collection, v. 3）
Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, c2000
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Old Bactorian (Avestan) text with parallel English translation
Bibliography: p. 9-12
Includes indexes
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Bactrian, the ancient language of Afghanistan, was virtually unknown before the recent discovery of more than a hundred leather documents written in Bactrian in a local variant of the Greek alphabet. As well as revealing an important new language of the Indo-European family, these documents shed light on the history and culture of Afghanistan during the 4th to 8th centuries AD, a turbulent period during which power changed hands many times, ending with the Arab conquest and the introduction of Islam. The three volumes of this series, of which this is the first, provide a comprehensive edition of the texts, with translations, photographs, glossary and indexes, making this rich material available to linguists and historians alike.
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