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Richard Salomon is Associate Professor of Sanskrit in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous studies on Sanskrit and Prakrit language and literature, Indian epigraphy and paleography, and early Indian history. His publications include The Bridge to the Three Holy Cities (1984) and Early Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara: The British Library Kharosthi Fragments (forthcoming, 1999).

Richard Salomon is Associate Professor of Sanskrit in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous studies on Sanskrit and Prakrit language and literature, Indian epigraphy and paleography, and early Indian history. His publications include The Bridge to the Three Holy Cities (1984) and Early Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara: The British Library Kharosthi Fragments (forthcoming, 1999).

Gerd J.R. Mevissen, born 1953, studied Modern Architecture and Ancient Indian Art History at Berlin Universities.He worked from 1990 to 1995 as Lecturer of Indian Art History in the Institute of Indian Philology and Art History at the Free University Berlin, and from 2000 to 2002 as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Indian Art, Belin. He is editor of the journals Berliner Indologische Studien and Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift, both published annually from Berlin, and has edited also a number of books and felicition volumes dealing with Indological subjects. He has published more than forty research papers on different aspects of Indian Art, Architecture and Iconography (Hindu, Buddhist, Jain).

Adalbert J. Gail born 11.8.1941 at Duren/Germany; promotion in Indology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich 1968; curator Museum fur Indische Kunst Berlin 1972-1973;professor for Indian Art History, Free University Berlin 1974-2006; Dean of the Faculty of Ancient Studies FU Berlin 1989-1991, professor hospes at the Charles University Prague since 1995; Recent research projects: Sun worship in Nepal (2006/07), Naga worship in Angkor (2008/09).