The article describes a set of seven silver objects – three goblets, two ladles, a bowl and a cup – bearing short dedicatory inscriptions in Kharoṣṭhī script datable to around the first century CE. The inscriptions record in the usual Gandharan fashion the donation of the utensils by a group of nuns and lay-persons, perhaps constituting a family association, to a Sarvāstivādin monastery called Utarode(v)a located at an otherwise unknown place, Koṇaśili. Similar objects and inscriptions are cited in order to clarify the historical, sectarian, and social context of the objects and their donation.
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Abstract 253 Introduction 253 Description of The Artifacts 257 Synoptic Text Of The Inscriptions 268 Detailed Readings of the Inscriptions 272 Observations on the Hoard 280 References 288
