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Dharmaskandha^116 (Items of the Doctrine) and Lokaprajñapti (Arrangement
of the World) of the Prajñapti tra.^117 All Hnayna fragments in this
collection seem to belong to the M lasarvstivdins^118 and the newly
discovered manuscript of the Drghgama to the (M la-)Sarvstivda
school.^119
- Conclusion
As we can conclude from these different manuscript remains it seems so
that we might not have any Sarvstivda manuscripts from Gandhra,
although their presence at Peshawar, Zeda and Kurram is attested by
inscriptions from the Kua period. There are only very few abhi-
dharma fragments extant, although Gandhra together with Kashmir (or
rather Kamra) was a stronghold of the Sarvstivdins.^120 According to
Xuanzang, Vasumitra composed the Prakara apda in Pukarvat.^121 Also
the Dhtukya, another canonical abhidharma work, has been connected
with Gandhra.^122 The presence of Mahyna since the Kua period
is attested not only by epigraphical and numismatic evidence^123 but also
by the manuscripts of the Schøyen and Gilgit collections.
In the preceding pages it was, unfortunately, possible to offer but a
sketch of Buddhism in Gandhra, as it is re ected in the light of the
newly discovered sources. However, thanks to the evidence preserved
in inscriptions and to the recently published manuscript collections,
Buddhism is now documented for the whole period during which it
was present in Gandhra. We hope that this survey at least can indicate
the direction which further research should take.
(^116) Dietz 1984.
(^117) Willemen, Dessein & Cox 1998, pp. 154ff.
(^118) Hartmann 2000, p. 428.
(^119) For a description of the Drghgama manuscript and its school af liation, see
Hartmann 2004b, p. 120.
(^120) Willemen, Dessein & Cox 1998, p. 149.
(^121) Willemen, Dessein & Cox 1998, pp. 154ff.
(^122) For further abhidharma works from Gandhra see Willemen, Dessein & Cox
1998, pp. 255ff.
(^123) Fussman 1987, pp. 73ff.