An unpublished report of the Archaeological Delegation of the Government of India to Afghanistan, by T. N. Ramachandran and Y. D. Sharma, was circulated in 1956, containing transcription, translation and a photograph of the image on Plate 2A. The text was first published in Tucci 1958: 328n29, along with a detailed description of the image and a photo on page 323. The inscription was re-edited in Sircar 1963a: 44-47. Discussed and re-edited with rubbing in Kuwayama 1991 (English version: Kuwayama 2002: 249-259; the Sanskrit reading is by Hideaki Nakatani). Kuwayama 1976 (re-published as Kuwayama 2002: 222-248) includes a description of the object and a detailed overview of approaches to its dating. The oṭyāta thing is discussed with references in Hinüber 2004: 110.
Tucci (1958)
323, 328n29
Tucci, Giuseppe. (1958). Preliminary report on an archaeological survey in Swat, East and West, 9/4, pp. 279-328.
Sircar (1963a)
44-47
Sircar, Dines Chandra. (1966). Three Early Medieval Inscriptions, Epigraphia Indica, 35 (1963-64), pp. 44-54.
Kuwayama (1976)
375-407
Kuwayama, Shoshin. (1976). The Turki Śāhis and Relevant Brahmanical Sculptures in Afghanistan, East and West, 26, pp. 375-407.
Kuwayama (1991)
267-287
Kuwayama, Shoshin. (1991). L'inscription du Gaṇeśa de Gardez et la chronologie des Turki-Ṣāhis, Journal Asiatique, 279, pp. 267-287.
Kuwayama (2002)
222-259
Kuwayama, Shoshin. (2002). Across the Hindukush of the First Millennium: A Collection of the Papers by S. Kuwayama. Kyoto: Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University.
Hinüber (2004)
110
Hinüber, Oskar von. (2004). Die Palola Ṣāhis. ihre Steininschriften, Inschriften auf Bronzen, Handschriftenkolophone und Schutzzauber: Materialien zur Geschichte von Gilgit und Chilas (Antiquities of Northern Pakistan, Studies and Reports 5). Mainz: P. von Zabern.
