History and Historiography / A Turkic Muslim Treasure-Hunter Sells an Ancient Sanskrit Manuscript to a Colonial British Colonel in China At Kucha, now in Xinjiang, Colonel Hamilton Bower buys an ancient Sanskrit Manuscript from a Turkic Muslim treasure-hunter for a paltry sum and then brings it back to India. By Sandeep Balakrishna / 20 May 2023
History and Historiography / A Murder that Unearthed a Second-Century Sanskrit Manuscript: Episode 1 How the brutal murder of a 19th century British trader led to the unlikely discovery of a valuable 2nd century Sanskrit Manuscript. By Sandeep Balakrishna / 18 May 2023
