Gandhari Buddhist Manuscript Collection at the Islamabad Museum, Pakistan with Dr. Mark Allon

[@simrankaursaini9362]

Thank you so much Dr. Allon for giving us your time and giving such an insightful lecture! The lecture made me think deeply about the themes raised, especially when we are looking at repatriation, capacity building amongst local stakeholders, and the use of digital tools in archaeology and conservation. Everyone at Speaking Archaeologically thoroughly enjoyed the talk and we really look forward to hosting you again in the future!

[@vanshikapoddar4802]

Thank you Dr. Allon for this gripping lecture! Thanks also to Speaking Archaeologically for uploading the lecture so promptly!

[@johnsherfey3675]

Love the work, love the language it's a beautiful language so far. Thanks for them being preserved and hopefully available online for everyone to read!

[@akankshamparashar6327]

Thank you Dr. Allon for the insightful talk. The conservation of the manuscripts and the video showcasing the process of how to handle such antiquities gave an insight into the techniques and patience that goes into preserving one's heritage. The digital repatriation strategy discussed was something I found very intriguing. This is because it allows access to artifacts, making it accessible to a wider audience to engage with their history and heritage, even if physical repatriation isn’t possible.

[@DipDatta-lk5br]

Thank you so much Dr Allon for such an informative talk! I particularly enjoyed the discussion on digital methods of preserving and disseminating the information about these manuscripts. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge on this subject, and putting in much food for our thought.

[@narayanvyas7004]

महत्वपूर्ण जानकारी के लिए अभिनन्दन एवं बधाई और शुभकामनाएं congratulations for great work with information.

[@shrutisingh897]

Thank you for such a detailed lecture, sir, and Speaking Archaeologically. It is fascinating to learn how fragile pieces of information, lost for centuries, are retrieved, conserved, and deciphered, along with the efforts of the concerned organizations to make this data available to stakeholders. I look forward to learning more about this.

[@manavidubey9946]

Thank you Dr. Allon for the Insigful lecture. The manuscript & video show how to handle it. It was very great conversation.

[@anshikaaggarwal3375]

Thank you sir for this interesting lecture! The Q and A round was especially informative. Amazed to know how much work is put into preserving a manuscript.

[@vedhavarshini8878]

This was a very informative lecture and it brought to my knowledge about the difficulties in the conservation of a manuscript and as well as how collaborations can pave way for they can play a major role in Heritage management, conservation and preservation.

[@bhavyasrivastava1535]

This was such an insightful lecture! It is interesting to know how various digital technologies can be utilised for heritage studies.

[@aanyaagarwal9203]

The lecture was very interesting. A question come to my mind - do we find any difference in the rules of the sangha, or in fables concerning the Buddha when we compare the Gandhari canon with the Pali canon? Since the geographic spread of these languages is different, and the speakers of this language follow different customs and cultural practices, do we find any variation on canonical texts in different languages? In Hinduism, we have example of the Ramayana being tweaked in various regions according to the local customs and beliefs of that region, so I wonder if the same can be found in Buddhist texts as well.

[@karma.8855]

So according to you, which could be old pali prakrit or sanskrit sir.