Harry Falk (Indologist)
Harry Falk (born 1947 in Emmendingen[1]) is a retired professor of Indology at the Freie Universität in Berlin.[1][2][3] He has also been Director of the Institute of Indian Philology and Art History at the Free University in Berlin. He is a noted Indologist.[4][5]
Kushan era
He realized that the astrological Sanskrit-Text Yavanajātaka (79,15) defined the era of the Kushans, i.e. of Kaniṣka I, as śaka 149, that is AD 227. This he linked to the long-established practice of the “dropped hundreds”, which allowed to include contemporary data from the Chinese annals Hou Hanshu. The start of the Kushan era was so defined in AD 127.[6] In addition, it became apparent that the Kushan era was used with dropped hundreds up to the fifth century under Gupta rule in Western India.[7][8]
Works
- Quellen des Pañcatantra (Freiburger Beiträge zur Indologie) (German Edition, 1978) ISBN 978-3447019569
- Bruderschaft und Würfelspiel: Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des vedischen Opfers (German Edition, 1986) ISBN 978-3925270000
- Schrift im alten Indien: Ein Forschungsbericht mit Anmerkungen (ScriptOralia, German Edition, 1993) ISBN 978-3823342717
- Asokan Sites and Artefacts: A Source-Book with Bibliography Mainz 2006 ISBN 978-3805337120
- The tidal waves of Indian history in "Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE" (Oxford University Press 2006)[9]
- Foreign terms in Sanskrit in "The Idea of Writing: Play and Complexity (Brill, 2010)[10]
- Harisyenalekhapañcasika: Fifty Selected Papers on Indian Epigraphy and Chronology, 2014 ISBN 978-3944312040
References
- ^ a b "Prof. Dr. phil. Harry Falk: Profil". Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Olivelle, Patrick (2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Oxford University Press. p. xii. ISBN 9780199775071.
- ^ "Arbeitsstelle Kleine Fächer". Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Wilke, Annette; Moebus, Oliver (2011). Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism. Walter de Gruyter. p. 191. ISBN 9783110240030.
- ^ Lössl, Josef; Baker-Brian, Nicholas J. (2018). A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. John Wiley & Sons. p. 212. ISBN 9781118968116.
- ^ The yuga of Sphujiddhvaja and the era of the Kuṣāṇas. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Vol. 7, 2001, p. 121–136.
- ^ The Kaniṣka era in Gupta records. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Vol. 10, 2004, p. 167–176.
- ^ Eltsov, Piotr Andreevich (2008). From Harappa to Hastinapura: A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization. Brill. p. xxxi. ISBN 9789004160606.
- ^ Olivelle, Patrick (2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199775071.
- ^ Voogt, Alexander J. de; Finkel, Irving L. (2010). The Idea of Writing: Play and Complexity. BRILL. p. 207. ISBN 900417446X.
