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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Harry Falk</b> (* <a href="1947" title="1947">1947</a> in <a href="Emmendingen" title="Emmendingen">Emmendingen</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) ist ein deutscher emeritierter Professor für <a href="Indologie" title="Indologie">Indologie</a> an der <a href="Freie_Universit%C3%A4t_Berlin" title="Freie Universität Berlin">Freien Universität Berlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er ist Mitglied der <a href="Akademie_der_Wissenschaften_und_der_Literatur" title="Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur">Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur</a> in <a href="Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und des <a href="Deutsches_Arch%C3%A4ologisches_Institut" title="Deutsches Archäologisches Institut">Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts</a>. Er war von 1993 bis 2012 Direktor des Instituts für die Sprachen und Kulturen Südasiens, das 2012 aufgelöst wurde.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seine Arbeiten sind philologischer, archäologischer und kulturhistorischer Natur und behandeln ausschließlich das klassische Indien von der Vorgeschichte bis zu den <a href="Gupta-Reich" title="Gupta-Reich">Guptas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Er vermutete, dass ein astrologischer Text (<i>Yavanajātaka</i> 79,15) den Beginn der Ära der <a href="Kuschana" title="Kuschana">Kuschanas</a>, bzw. des Kaniṣka, als <i>śaka</i> Ära 149, d. h. 227 n. Chr., definiert. Dies kombinierte er mit der Praxis der „weggelassenen Hunderter“ (englisch <i>dropped hundreds</i>). Unter Einbezug chinesischer Chroniken ergab sich so ein Gründungsdatum im Jahr 127.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unter Fortführung der Praxis der weggelassenen Hunderter sei diese Kuschana-Ära bis in die Gupta-Zeit hinein weiterverwendet worden.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arbeiten_und_Übersetzungen"><span id="Arbeiten_und_.C3.9Cbersetzungen"></span>Arbeiten und Übersetzungen</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Quellen des Pañcatantra (Freiburger Beiträge zur Indologie).</i> 1978, ISBN 978-3447019569.</li>
<li><i>Bruderschaft und Würfelspiel: Untersuchungen zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des vedischen Opfers.</i> 1986, ISBN 978-3925270000.</li>
<li><i>Schrift im alten Indien: Ein Forschungsbericht mit Anmerkungen.</i> ScriptOralia, 1993, ISBN 978-3823342717.</li>
<li><i>The Kaniṣka era in Gupta records.</i> In: <i>Silk Road Art and Archaeology.</i> Band 10, 2004, S. 167–176.</li>
<li><i>Aśokan Sites and Artefacts: A Source-Book with Bibliography.</i> Mainz 2006, ISBN 978-3805337120.</li>
<li><i>The tidal waves of Indian history.</i> In: <i>Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE.</i> Oxford University Press, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Foreign terms in Sanskrit.</i> In: <i>The Idea of Writing: Play and Complexity.</i> Brill, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Harisyenalekhapañcasika: Fifty Selected Papers on Indian Epigraphy and Chronology.</i> 2014, ISBN 978-3944312040.</li>
<li><i>Kushan Histories. Literary Sources and Selected Papers from a Symposium at Berlin, December 5 to 7, 2013</i> (= <i>Monographien zur indischen Archäologie, Kunst und Philologie.</i> Band 23). Hempen, 2016, ISBN 978-3-9-443122-4-8; Neudruck Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, Heidelberg 2022, ISBN 978-3-948791-56-8 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.11588/hasp.1163">DOI</a>).</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literaturverweise">Literaturverweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.adwmainz.de/mitglieder/profil/prof-dr-phil-harry-falk.html">www.adwmainz.de</a>.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book">Patrick Olivelle: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE</cite>. Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-977507-1, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>xii</span> (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&pg=PR12">google.com</a>).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Harry+Falk&rft.au=Patrick%26%2332%3BOlivelle&rft.btitle=Between+the+Empires%3A+Society+in+India+300+BCE+to+400+CE&rft.date=2006&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9780199775071&rft.pages=xii&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.adwmainz.de/mitglieder/profil/prof-dr-phil-harry-falk.html">University profile</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book">Piotr Andreevich Eltsov: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">From Harappa to Hastinapura: A Study of the Earliest South Asian City and Civilization</cite>. Brill, 2008, ISBN 978-90-04-16060-6, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>xxxi</span> (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pn0MAQAAMAAJ">google.com</a>).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Harry+Falk&rft.au=Piotr+Andreevich%26%2332%3BEltsov&rft.btitle=From+Harappa+to+Hastinapura%3A+A+Study+of+the+Earliest+South+Asian+City+and+Civilization&rft.date=2008&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9789004160606&rft.pages=xxxi&rft.pub=Brill" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book">Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism</cite>. Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-024003-0, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>191</span> (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9wmYz_OtZ_gC&pg=PA191">google.com</a>).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Harry+Falk&rft.au=Annette%26%2332%3BWilke%2C%26%2332%3BOliver%26%2332%3BMoebus&rft.btitle=Sound+and+Communication%3A+An+Aesthetic+Cultural+History+of+Sanskrit+Hinduism&rft.date=2011&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9783110240030&rft.pages=191&rft.pub=Walter+de+Gruyter" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book">Josef Lössl, Nicholas J. Baker-Brian: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity</cite>. John Wiley & Sons, 2018, ISBN 978-1-118-96811-6, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>212</span> (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=islZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA212">google.com</a>).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Harry+Falk&rft.au=Josef%26%2332%3BL%C3%B6ssl%2C%26%2332%3BNicholas+J.%26%2332%3BBaker-Brian&rft.btitle=A+Companion+to+Religion+in+Late+Antiquity&rft.date=2018&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9781118968116&rft.pages=212&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The yuga of Sphujiddhvaja and the era of the Kuṣāṇas.</i> In: <i>Silk Road Art and Archaeology.</i> Band 7, 2001, S. 121–136.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Kaniṣka era in Gupta records.</i> In: <i>Silk Road Art and Archaeology.</i> Band 10, 2004, S. 167–176.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book">Patrick Olivelle: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE</cite>. Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-977507-1 (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=efaOR_-YsIcC&pg=PA145">google.com</a>).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Harry+Falk&rft.au=Patrick%26%2332%3BOlivelle&rft.btitle=Between+the+Empires%3A+Society+in+India+300+BCE+to+400+CE&rft.date=2006&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=9780199775071&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="book">Alexander J. de Voogt, Irving L. Finkel: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">The Idea of Writing: Play and Complexity</cite>. BRILL, 2010, ISBN 90-04-17446-X, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>207</span> (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kE8MAlkRlGUC&pg=PA207">google.com</a>).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Harry+Falk&rft.au=Alexander+J.+de%26%2332%3BVoogt%2C%26%2332%3BIrving+L.%26%2332%3BFinkel&rft.btitle=The+Idea+of+Writing%3A+Play+and+Complexity&rft.date=2010&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=900417446X&rft.pages=207&rft.pub=BRILL" style="display:none"> </span></span></span>
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