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Nouveaux documents bactriens du Guzgan. [New Bactrian Documents from Guzgan] (2002)
Journal Article
Sims-Williams, N. (2002). Nouveaux documents bactriens du Guzgan. [New Bactrian Documents from Guzgan]. Comptes-rendus des séances de l'année... (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres), 2002, 1047-58. https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.2002.22500

This article analyses the contents and historical significance of a group of eight Bactrian documents (subsequently edited with translation and philological commentary in Bulletin of the Asia Institute 15, 2001 [2005], pp. 9-29). It is shown that the... Read More about Nouveaux documents bactriens du Guzgan. [New Bactrian Documents from Guzgan].

Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples (2002)
Book
Sims-Williams, N. (2002). N. Sims-Williams (Ed.). Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197262856.001.0001

The recent developments in our understanding of the history of the Indo-Iranian languages and their speakers are surveyed and assessed in this book by a group of linguists and archaeologists. In the last few years, the materials available for the stu... Read More about Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples.

Ancient Afghanistan and its invaders: Linguistic evidence from the Bactrian documents and inscriptions (2002)
Book Chapter
Sims-Williams, N. (2002). Ancient Afghanistan and its invaders: Linguistic evidence from the Bactrian documents and inscriptions. In N. Sims-Williams (Ed.), Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples (225-242). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197262856.003.0011

During the last ten years the corpus of Bactrian texts has increased dramatically. The dates of the Bactrian documents range from 342 to 781 a.d., a span of more than four centuries extending through the Kushano-Sasanian, Kidarite, Hephthalite, and T... Read More about Ancient Afghanistan and its invaders: Linguistic evidence from the Bactrian documents and inscriptions.