比普罗瓦

比普罗瓦(Piprahwa),印度乡镇,位于北方邦锡达特那加尔县,以生产火山黑盐,卡拉那玛克(Kala Namak)而闻名。

出土的刻有铭文的舍利罐

古代相传释迦牟尼入灭后,火化所得舍利分至八个窣堵坡,分别奉祠,此地为其中之一。1897年,英国人佩普(William Claxton Peppé)在此地发现了古代窣堵坡遗址,并根据碑铭研究专家George Bühler对舍利罐铭文的解读而撰写了“发现佛陀骨灰”的报告,此后学者们对此铭文的解读进行了持久的争论。

大英博物馆早期南亚及喜马拉雅收藏前馆长迈克尔·D·威利斯英语Michael D. Willis在2012年在书评中,称发掘出的骨灰罐上的铭文是德国人类学家费洛英语Alois Anton Führer伪造而成[1]。历史学家查尔斯·艾伦英语Charles Allen (writer)在他2013年的记录片《Bones of the Buddha》和著作《What happened at Piprahwa》中,研究举证这种伪造是不可能的[2]印度学教授Harry Falk也在记录片中声称这种伪造不可能。

引用

  1. ^ Willis, Michael. Review of Aśokan Sites and Artefacts. A Source-Book with Bibliography (Monographien zur Indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie, Band 18), by H. Falk. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3rd series. 2012, 22 (No. 1, Medieval India and the Paramara Dynasty): 188 [January 2012]. JSTOR 41490381. As the question of fakes is raised by Falk himself, it is noteworthy that the author has side-stepped the Piprahwa reliquary in the India Museum, Calcutta, in all likelihood a forgery made by A. A. Führer英语Alois Anton Führer whose activities are explored elsewhere in this JRAS special issue. The decision to side-step this problem was a wise one as its inclusion would only detract from the volume as a reference work. 
  2. ^ Allen, Charles. What Happened at Piprahwa (PDF). [2018-11-05]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2018-10-04).