# Has anyone taken time to examine the Gandhara manuscripts?

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/has-anyone-taken-time-to-examine-the-gandhara-manuscripts/2648/1 "2026-09-27T07:29:20Z")

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I was sent a video by a Buddhist friend about the Gandhara manuscripts. I had not paid much attention to them in the past, but I took a look to see what things of interest would be in them.

There are transcriptions online of fragments like this one of anatta lakkhana sutta which is certainly one of my favourites.

> **[Aṇatvalakṣaṇa Sutra – Gandhāran Buddhist Texts](https://gandhari-texts.sydney.edu.au/edition/a%E1%B9%87atvalak%E1%B9%A3a%E1%B9%87a-sutra/)**

Then there is this guy who has spent a lot of time researching these texts.

> **[How the Gandharan Manuscripts Change Buddhist History](https://www.lionsroar.com/how-the-gandharan-manuscripts-change-buddhist-history/)**
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> The Gandharan Buddhist manuscripts are leading scholars to rethink the origins of Mahayana Buddhism. Richard Salomon looks at what we can learn from the recently-unearthed texts.

I think it is an interesting topic that makes you improve your understanding of the timeline and nature of the arising of the Buddhist variants. It gives you some food for thought.