The Shinkot casket, also Bajaur reliquary of the reign of Menander, is a Buddhist reliquary from the Bajaur area in Gandhara, thought to mention the reign...
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Vijayamitra (section Shinkot casket)
place, around 20 CE. Vijamitra also made a second inscription in the Shinkot casket, which had initially been dedicated under the reign of Indo-Greek king...
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The Kanishka casket or Kanishka reliquary, is a Buddhist reliquary made in gilded copper, and dated to the first year of the reign of the Kushan emperor...
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The Bimaran casket or Bimaran reliquary is a small gold reliquary for Buddhist relics that was removed from inside the stupa no.2 at Bimaran, near Jalalabad...
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Brainard Spooner, and led to the discovery in its base of the Kanishka casket, a six-sided rock crystal reliquary containing three small fragments of...
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been looted by the time it was discovered by Sir John Marshall. A silver casket containing a silver inscription was recovered from the stupa's chapel after...
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three jewels, or Triratana. A Buddhist reliquary found in Bajaur, the Shinkot casket, bears a dedicatory inscription referring to "the 14th day of the month...
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subject of the Milinda Panha. In addition, Menander mentioned at the Shinkot casket. G. R. Sharma claimed that Menander is also mentioned in the Reh Inscription...
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cultural objects related to the Indo-Greeks are known, such as the Shinkot casket. By far the most important Indo-Greek remains found are numerous coins...
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Casket Kanishka reliquary Stone palettes Buddhas of Bamiyan Buner reliefs Saptarishi Tila statue Post-Mauryan coinage of Gandhara Kabul hoard Shinkot...
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