e/Bower Manuscript

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has glosseng: The Bower Manuscript is a Sanskrit-language manuscript written in the Brahmi alphabet. It was purchased by Hamilton Bower in Kucha from Haji Ghulam Qadir. Bower forwarded the manuscript, made up of 51 birch-bark leaves, to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, where it eventually made its way into the hands of Dr. Augustus Hoernle. Though at first considered "unintelligible", it was eventually deciphered by Hoernle and was considered one of the most brilliant achievements of his career.
lexicalizationeng: Bower Manuscript
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