Indo-Scythian Studies: Being Khotanese Texts Volume VI: Volume 6, Prolexis to the Book of Zambasta: Khotanese Texts

by H.W. Bailey

The Book of Zambasta is Professor Bailey's name for a collection of Śaka-Khotanese texts hitherto designated as E. The texts were first published in Berlin by E. and M. Leumann in the period 1933-6; and since then it has become possible to establish the meaning of almost the whole vocabulary used in the texts. The result is that Iranian scholars have a sound basis for their use of Śaka linguistic materials. The prolexis is a close commentary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521119928
• ISBN13: 9780521119924
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"