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'''Harry Falk''' is a retired professor of [[Indology]] at the [[Free University of Berlin|Freie Universität]] in [[Berlin]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olivelle |first1=Patrick |title=Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199775071 |page=xii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&pg=PR12 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.adwmainz.de/mitglieder/profil/prof-dr-phil-harry-falk.html University profile] [https://www.kleinefaecher.de/berlin-indische-philologie/ Freie Universität]</ref> He has also been Director of the Institute of Indian Philology and Art History at the Free University in Berlin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Eltsov |first1=Piotr Andreevich |title=From Harappa to Hastinapura: A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization |date=2008 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004160606 |page=xxxi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pn0MAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref> He is a noted Indologist.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilke |first1=Annette |last2=Moebus |first2=Oliver |title=Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism |date=2011 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=9783110240030 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wmYz_OtZ_gC&pg=PA191 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lössl |first1=Josef |last2=Baker-Brian |first2=Nicholas J. |title=A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity |date=2018 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9781118968116 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=islZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA212 |language=en}}</ref>
{{Short description|Professor of Indology in Berlin}}
'''Harry Falk''' (born 1947 in [[Emmendingen]]<ref name="adwmainz">
{{cite web |url=http://www.adwmainz.de/mitglieder/profil/prof-dr-phil-harry-falk.html |title=Prof. Dr. phil. Harry Falk: Profil |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=[[Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur|Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz]] |access-date=4 October 2018 |quote= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240824015403/https://www.adwmainz.de/mitglieder/profil/prof-dr-phil-harry-falk.html |archive-date=24 August 2024}}</ref>) is a retired professor of [[Indology]] at the [[Free University of Berlin|Freie Universität]] in [[Berlin]].<ref name="adwmainz" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Olivelle |first1=Patrick |title=Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199775071 |page=xii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&pg=PR12 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kleinefaecher.de/berlin-indische-philologie/ |title=Arbeitsstelle Kleine Fächer |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=[[Free University of Berlin|Freie Universität Berlin]] |access-date=4 October 2018 |quote= |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004225848/https://www.kleinefaecher.de/berlin-indische-philologie/ |archive-date=4 October 2018}}</ref> He has also been Director of the Institute of Indian Philology and Art History at the Free University in Berlin. He is a noted Indologist.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilke |first1=Annette |last2=Moebus |first2=Oliver |title=Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism |date=2011 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=9783110240030 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wmYz_OtZ_gC&pg=PA191 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lössl |first1=Josef |last2=Baker-Brian |first2=Nicholas J. |title=A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity |date=2018 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9781118968116 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=islZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA212 |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Kushan era ==
He realized that the astrological Sanskrit-Text [[Yavanajataka|Yavanajātaka]] (79,15) defined the era of the [[Kushan Empire|Kushans]], i.e. of [[Kanishka|Kaniṣka I]], as ''śaka'' 149, that is AD 227. This he linked to the long-established practice of the “dropped hundreds”, which allowed to include contemporary data from the Chinese annals [[Book of the Later Han|Hou Hanshu]]. The start of the Kushan era was so defined in AD 127.<ref>The yuga of Sphujiddhvaja and the era of the Kuṣāṇas. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Vol. 7, 2001, p. 121–136.</ref> In addition, it became apparent that the Kushan era was used with dropped hundreds up to the fifth century under [[Gupta Empire|Gupta]] rule in Western India.<ref>The Kaniṣka era in Gupta records. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Vol. 10, 2004, p. 167–176.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Eltsov |first1=Piotr Andreevich |title=From Harappa to Hastinapura: A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization |date=2008 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004160606 |page=xxxi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pn0MAQAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
* ''Quellen des Pañcatantra (Freiburger Beiträge zur Indologie) (German Edition, 1978) {{ISBN|978-3447019569}}
* ''Quellen des Pañcatantra'' (Freiburger Beiträge zur Indologie) (German Edition, 1978) {{ISBN|978-3447019569}}
* ''Bruderschaft und Würfelspiel: Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des vedischen Opfers'' (German Edition, 1986) {{ISBN|978-3925270000}}
* ''Bruderschaft und Würfelspiel: Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des vedischen Opfers'' (German Edition, 1986) {{ISBN|978-3925270000}}
* ''Schrift im alten Indien: Ein Forschungsbericht mit Anmerkungen (ScriptOralia, German Edition, 1993) {{ISBN|978-3823342717}}
* ''Schrift im alten Indien: Ein Forschungsbericht mit Anmerkungen'' (ScriptOralia, German Edition, 1993) {{ISBN|978-3823342717}}
* ''Asokan Sites and Artefacts: A Source-Book with Bibliography'' Mainz 2006 {{ISBN|978-3805337120}}
* ''Asokan Sites and Artefacts: A Source-Book with Bibliography'' Mainz 2006 {{ISBN|978-3805337120}}
* ''The tidal waves of Indian history'' in "Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE" (Oxford University Press 2006)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olivelle |first1=Patrick |title=Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199775071 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&pg=PA145 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''The tidal waves of Indian history'' in "Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE" (Oxford University Press 2006)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olivelle |first1=Patrick |title=Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199775071 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&pg=PA145 |language=en}}</ref>
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Harry Falk (born 1947 in Emmendingen[1]) is a retired professor of Indology at the Freie Universität in Berlin.[1][2][3] He has also been Director of the Institute of Indian Philology and Art History at the Free University in Berlin. He is a noted Indologist.[4][5]

Kushan era[edit | edit source]

He realized that the astrological Sanskrit-Text Yavanajātaka (79,15) defined the era of the Kushans, i.e. of Kaniṣka I, as śaka 149, that is AD 227. This he linked to the long-established practice of the “dropped hundreds”, which allowed to include contemporary data from the Chinese annals Hou Hanshu. The start of the Kushan era was so defined in AD 127.[6] In addition, it became apparent that the Kushan era was used with dropped hundreds up to the fifth century under Gupta rule in Western India.[7][8]

Works[edit | edit source]

  • Quellen des Pañcatantra (Freiburger Beiträge zur Indologie) (German Edition, 1978) ISBN 978-3447019569
  • Bruderschaft und Würfelspiel: Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des vedischen Opfers (German Edition, 1986) ISBN 978-3925270000
  • Schrift im alten Indien: Ein Forschungsbericht mit Anmerkungen (ScriptOralia, German Edition, 1993) ISBN 978-3823342717
  • Asokan Sites and Artefacts: A Source-Book with Bibliography Mainz 2006 ISBN 978-3805337120
  • The tidal waves of Indian history in "Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE" (Oxford University Press 2006)[9]
  • Foreign terms in Sanskrit in "The Idea of Writing: Play and Complexity (Brill, 2010)[10]
  • Harisyenalekhapañcasika: Fifty Selected Papers on Indian Epigraphy and Chronology, 2014 ISBN 978-3944312040

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Prof. Dr. phil. Harry Falk: Profil". Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. Olivelle, Patrick (2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Oxford University Press. p. xii. ISBN 9780199775071.
  3. "Arbeitsstelle Kleine Fächer". Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. Wilke, Annette; Moebus, Oliver (2011). Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism. Walter de Gruyter. p. 191. ISBN 9783110240030.
  5. Lössl, Josef; Baker-Brian, Nicholas J. (2018). A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. John Wiley & Sons. p. 212. ISBN 9781118968116.
  6. The yuga of Sphujiddhvaja and the era of the Kuṣāṇas. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Vol. 7, 2001, p. 121–136.
  7. The Kaniṣka era in Gupta records. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Vol. 10, 2004, p. 167–176.
  8. Eltsov, Piotr Andreevich (2008). From Harappa to Hastinapura: A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization. Brill. p. xxxi. ISBN 9789004160606.
  9. Olivelle, Patrick (2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199775071.
  10. Voogt, Alexander J. de; Finkel, Irving L. (2010). The Idea of Writing: Play and Complexity. BRILL. p. 207. ISBN 900417446X.

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