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Osmund BOPEARACHCHI 
 
Name: Bopearachchi 
 
First Name: Osmund 
 
 
 
 
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Books: 
 
 
1. O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue 
raisonné, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, 459 pages, 69 plates. 
For reviews, see Fr. Holt, American Journal of Numismatics, 1992, pp. 215-222; J. Cribb, 
Numismatic Chronicle, 1993, pp. 312-314; G.A. Koselenko, Vestnik Drevnej Istorii, 1994, pp. 
220-225 ; M.S. Kordosis, ISTORIKOGEVGRAFIKA, Thessalonique, 1994, pp. 206-218 & C. 
Grandjean, Revue Numismatique, 1994, pp. 338-9. 
 
 
 
2. O. Bopearachchi, Catalogue of Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-
Parthian Coins of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 1993, 140 
pages, 41 plates. 
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 For reviews, see G. Le Rider, CRAI, 1996, pp. 1323-4; A. K. Singh, Yavanika, 1993, pp. 104-5, 
et P. Chuvin, , 1994, pp. 337-340; K. Abdullaev, Numizmatica Central’noj Azii, IV, 
1999 (Tashkent), pp. 87-88). 
 
 
3. O. Bopearachchi & A. ur Rahman Pre-Kushana Coins in Pakistan, Iftikhar 
Rasul IRM Associates (Pvt.) Ltd., Karachi, 1995. 237 pages, 76 plates. 
For reviews, see G. Le Rider, CRAI, 1996, pp. 1324-5; R. Gyselen, Studia Iranica, 25, 1996, pp. 
281-283; E. Errington, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, 147, 1996, pp. 7-8; A.M. 
Shastri, Numismatic Digest, 19, 1995, pp. 217-221; A.D.H. Bivar, South Asian Archaeology, 13, 
1997, pp. 325-327; S.R. Dar, Lahore Museum Bulletin, IX, 1996, pp. 149-152; K. Karttunen, 
Studia Orientalia 82, 1997, pp. 272-273; M. Mielczarek, Wiadomosci Numizmatyczne, 1996, pp. 
197-199; G.A. Koshelenko, dans Rossijskaja Arxeologija, 1998, pp. 214-220; M.L. Carter dans 
American Journal of Numismatics, 10, 1998, p. 149-151; Nataliya M. Smirnova, Numismatics & 
Epigraphy, XVI, Moscou, 1999, pp. 295-299. 
 
 
4. O. Bopearachchi & W. Pieper, Ancient Indian Coins, Brépols, Turnhout, 
Belgique, 1998, Indicopleustoi, vol. 11, 289 pages, 59 plates. 
For a review, see A.O. Zakharov, dans Rossijkaja Arcxeologija, 2000/4, pp. 218-220. 
 
 
5. O. Bopearachchi, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Graeco-Bactrian and 
Indo-Greek Coins. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 
9, New York, 1998, 94 pages, 76 plates. 
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6. O. Bopearachchi & R.M. Wickremesinhhe, Ruhuna. An Ancient Civilisation 
Re-visited. Numismatic and Archaeological Evidence on Inland and Maritime 
Trade, 1999, Colombo, 140 pages, 3 maps, 36 plates. 
For a review, see J. Lingen, dans News Letter, ONS, no. 162, 2000, pp. 6-7. 
 
 
7. O. Bopearachchi, An Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coin Hoard from Bara 
(Pakistan), Seattle, 2003, 104 pages, 33 plates. 
For a review, see W. Pieper, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 178, 2004, p. 6-7. 
 
 
8. O. Bopearachchi & Philippe Flandrin, Le Portrait d’Alexandre. Histoire 
d’une découverte pour l’humanité, Édition du Rocher, Monaco, 2005, 267 
pages, 8 plates. 
For reviews, see W. Piper, News Letter, ONS, no. 185, 2005, pp. 5-7; Aventure de l’Histoire, pp. 
105-6; P. Chuvin, L’Histoire, no. 303, 2005; P. Centlivres, Afghan Info, p. 22; M.A.J. Tamalis, 
Nomismatika Chronica, 2005, pp. 127-8. 
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9. O. Bopearachchi, The Pleasure Gardens of Sigiriya. A New Approach, 
Godage Book Emporium, Colombo, 2006. 80 pages, 26 plates (Sinhalese 
translation, Godage Emporium, Colombo, 2008). 
 
 
 
 
10. From Bactria to Taprobane: Selected Works of Osmund Bopearachchi, vol. I. 
Central Asian and Indian Numismatics; vol. II. Art History and Maritime 
Trade; Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2015, 1167 pages. 
For reviews, see I. Habib, Studies in People's History, June 2015, Vol. 2 Issue: 1 pp. 136-138; 
H.-P. Francfort, Arts Asiatiques, 2015, Vol. 70, pp. 139-141. 
 
 
11. O. Bopearachchi, Seven Weeks after the Buddha’s Engligtenment: 
Contradictions in Text, Confusions in Art, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 
2016, 75 pages. (Sinhalese translation, Godage Emporium, Colombo, 2017). 
 
 
Exhibition Catalogues: 
 
12. The Crossroads of Asia. Transition in Image and Symbol in the art of the 
Ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan, edited by E. Errington and Joe Cribb, 
The Ancient India and Iran Trust, Cambridge, 1992, pp. 54-88. 
 O. Bopearachchi & J. Cribb: 92 notices, see nos. 2- 94, pp. 54-88. 
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For reviews, see M.L. Bates, dans American Journal of Numismatics, 5-6, 1993-4, p. 269-271; 
A.-M. Quagliotti, dans Numismatic Chronicle, 1994, p. 327- 
 
13. Treasures of Ancient Bactria, The Miho Museum, Japan, July 2002, pp. 70-
73, 221-24, 236-7. 
 O. Bopearachchi, 43 notices, see nos. 44.a-m; 45a-k; 46a-d; 46a-d; 47a-i; 
pp.70-73; chapters 222-224; 237-8. 
 
14. Catalogue de l’Exposition: De l’Indus à l’Oxus. Archéologie de l’Asie 
Centrale, edited by O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes et C. Sachs, Association 
IMAGO - Muséee de Lattes, Lattes, 2003, 419 pages. 
 
 O. Bopearachchi: 65 notices, see nos. 48-88, 943, 94, 96-114, 134, 135, 277, 283 & chapters, 
pp. 13, 78-85, 127-132, 125. 
 O. Bopearachchi & P. Bernard: 4 notices; see nos. 90-92, 183. 
 O. Bopearachchi & A. Fenet: 1 notice,no. 89; 
 O. Bopearachchi & F. Grenet: 2 notices, nos. 131, 132; 
 O. Bopearachchi & C. Sachs: 16 notices, see nos. 115-124, 127-130, 133, 158. 
 For reviews, see W. Pieper, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 178, 2004, pp. 3-6; 
E. de la Vaissière, Abstracta Iranica, 26, 2003, no. 70. 
 
15. Notae 4: “Sur les pas d’Alexandre ...”, Association IMAGO - Musée de 
Lattes, Lattes, 2005, 16 pages. 
O. Bopearachchi: pp. 3-5; 20 notices, nos. 1-19, 49. 
 
Translations (Books): 
 
16. O. Guillaume, Analysis of Reasonings in Archaeology, Oxford University 
Press, New Delhi, 1990, 133 pages. 
 
17. Indian Coins from Afghanistan, edited by O. Guillaume, Oxford University 
Press, New Delhi, 1991, 200 pages. 
 
Editor: 
 
 
18. Origin, Evolution and Circulation of Foreign Coins in the Indian Ocean, 
edited by O. Bopearachchi et D.P.M. Weerakkody, Manohar Publishers, 
New Delhi, 1998, 273 pages. 
For a review, see A.D.H. Bivar, dans Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 
1999, 62, p. 584. 
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19. Silk Road Art and Archaeology, Papers in honour of Francine Tissot, vol. 6, 
edited by E. Errington & O. Bopearachchi, Journal of the Institute of Silk 
Road Studies, Kamakura, 1999/2000, 313 pages. 
 For a review, see S.R. Quintanilla, dans Journal of the American Oriental Society, 124.1. 2004, 
pp. 192-195. 
 
20. Alexander’s Legacy in the East. Studies in honor of Paul Bernard, Bulletin of 
the Asia Institute, vol. 12, edited by O. Bopearachchi, C. Altman and Fr. 
Grenet, Michigan, 1998, 272 pages. 
 
 
 
21. Afghanistan. ancien carrefour entre l’Est et l’Ouest, edited by O. 
Bopearachchi & M.-Fr.Boussac, Archaeologies of the Indian Ocean, 
(Proceedings of the international colloquium on “Afghanistan. ancien 
carrefour entre l’Est et l’Ouest”, at Musée archéologique Henri-Prades, 
Lattes, 5 - 7 May 2003), Turnhout, 2005, 539 pages. 
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W. Pieper, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 186, 2006, pp. 8-10; Rika Gyselen, 
Studia Iranica, 35, 2006, pp. 291-293 ; A. Degener, Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 50, 2007, pp. 
293-6. 
 
 
22. The Alexander Medallion. Exploring the Origins of a Unique Artefact, edited 
by F. Holt and O. Bopearachchi, (Proceedings of the International 
Roundtable held at the Ecole normale supérieure, Paris on 26th March, 2007) 
Imago-Lattara, 2011, 104 pages. 
For a reviews, see P. Briant, « Sources anciennes et nouvelles », L’Histoire, October 2011, p. 42 ; 
M.J.A. Tzamalis, in Nomismatika Chroinica, no. 29, Athens 2011, p. 165-6 ; S. Ghosh, in Journal 
of the Asiatic Society, LIV, 2, 2012, pp. 99-102 ; S. Basu Majundar, Journal of Ancient Indian 
History, XXVII, p. 281-291; H.-P. Francfort, Arts Asiatiques, Vol. 67, 2012, p. 173. 
 
 
 
Prefaces: 
 
23. O. Bopearachchi, “Presidential Address”, in Origin, Evolution and Circulation of 
Foreign Coinsin the Indian Ocean, edited by O. Bopearachchi et D.P.M. 
Weerakkody, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 1998, pp. ix-xiii. 
 
24. O. Bopearachchi, Preface to the book by D.P.M. Weerakkody, Taprobanê: 
Ancient Sri Lanka as known to Greeks and Romans, Brépols, Turnhout (Belgium), 
1997, pp. I-XV. 
 
25. O. Bopearachchi, C. Altman and Fr. Grenet, “Paul Bernard”, in Alexander’s 
Legacy in the East. Studies in honor of Paul Bernard, Bulletin of the Asia 
Institute, vol. 12, edited by O. Bopearachchi, C. Altman and Fr. Grenet, Michigan, 
1998, pp. 1-2. 
 
26. O. Bopearachchi and M.-F. Boussac Preface, Afghanistan. Ancien carrefour entre 
l’Est et l’Ouest, edited by O. Bopearachchi & M.-F. Boussac, Archaeologies of 
the Indian Ocean, Turnhout, 2005, p. 1. 
 
27. O. Bopearachchi and F. Holt, Preface, The Alexander Medallion. Exploring the 
Origins of a Unique Artefact, edited by F. Holt and O. Bopearachchi, 
(Proceedings of the International Roundtable held at the Ecole normale 
supérieure, Paris on 26th March, 2007) Imago-Lattara, 2011, pp. 9-11. 
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28. O. Bopearachchi, “Foreword”, Olivier D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Baktria 
and Ancient India, Classical numismatic Group, Inc. Lancaster / London, 2013, 
pp. vii-viii. 
 
29. O. Bopearachchi, “Préface”, François Thierry, Le Royaume du Lion, Ceylan 
connu des Chinois des origines à la fin des Song, Indicopleustoi, Brépols, 
Turnhout, 2016, pp. i-viii. 
 
30. Bopearachchi, “Preface”, Suchandra Ghosh, From the Oxus to the Indus: A Political 
and Cultural Study, (300BCE to 100BCE), Primus Books, Delhi, 2017, pp. 
 
31. O. Bopearachchi, “Préface”, Olivier Bordeaux, Les Grecs en Inde. Politiques et 
pratiques monétaires (IIIe s. a.C. 1er s. p.C.), Ausonius Editions, Bordeaux, 2018, 
pp. 1-7. 
 
32. O. Bopearachchi, “Preface”, Mural Art Studies. On Paintings in Asia, edited by C. 
Munier-Gaillard, River Books, Bangkok, 2018, pp. 16-17. 
 
 
 
Articles thematically arranged 
 
CENTRAL ASIAN AND INDIAN NUMISMATICS 
 
Pre-Bactrian Coinages: 
 
33. O. Bopearachchi, “Sophytes, the enigmatic ruler of Central Asia”, Nomismatika 
Khronika, 15, 1996, pp. 19-32. 
 
34. O. Bopearachchi, “Les monnaies séleucides de l’Asie Centrale et l’atelier de 
Bactres" in Travaux de numismatique grecque offerts à Georges Le Rider, 
edited by M. Amandry and S. Hurter, London, 1999, pp. 78-93. 
 
35. O. Bopearachchi, “Ashoka, le premier empereur”, L’Histoire. Numéro spécial, 
no. 278, 2003, pp. 36-38. 
 
36. O. Bopearachchi, “La politique monétaire de la Bactriane sous les Séleucides”, 
Topoi, Suupl. 6, 2004, pp. 349-369. 
 
37. O. Bopearachchi, "Premières frappes locales de l’Inde du Nord-Ouest: Novelles 
données", in Trésors d’Orient. Mélanges offerts à Rika Gyselen, edited by Ph. 
Gignoux, Ch. Jullien and F. Jullien, Paris, 2009, pp. 39-50. 
 
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38. O. Bopearachchi, “Achaemenids and Mauryas: Emergence of coins and plastic 
art in India,” In: India and Iran in the Longue Durée, Edited by A. Patel and T. 
Daryaee, UCI, Indian Centre for Persian Studies, 2017, pp. 15-47. 
 
 
Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coins 
 
39. O. Bopearachchi, "Roi-cavalier ou reine-amazone?", Bulletin de la Société 
Française de Numismatique, November 1988, pp. 453-456. 
 
40. O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées", Revue Numismatique, 
1989, pp. 49-79, pl. V- VI. 
 
41. O. Bopearachchi, "Un roi indo-grec: Télèphe. Observations sur l'iconographie de 
son monnayage et la date de son règne", Gazette numismatique suisse, 39/1989, 
cahier 156, pp. 88-94. 
 
42. O. Bopearachchi, "Les royaumes grecs d'Asie Centrale. L'apport de la 
numismatique à leur histoire", Les Nouvelles de l'Archéologie, 39, 1990, pp. 21-
26. 
 
43. O. Bopearachchi, "Graeco-Bactrian issues of later Indo-Greek kings", Numismatic 
Chronicle, 1990, pp. 79-104. 
 
44. O. Bopearachchi, "Ménandre Sôter, un roi indo-grec. Observations 
chronologiques et géographiques", Studia Iranica, 20, 1990, pp. 39-85. 
 
45. O. Bopearachchi, "King Milinda's conversion to Buddhism: fact or fiction?", 
Ancient Ceylon, 1990, Colombo, pp. 1-15. 
 
46. O. Bopearachchi, "The Euthydemus' imitations and the Date of Sogdian 
Independence", in Silk Road. Art and Archaeology, 2, Kamakura (Japon), 1991/2, 
pp. 1-21 (summary in Russian in Kul’tura drevnego i srednevekovogo 
Samarkanda i istoreskie svjazi Sogda, Tashkent, 1990, pp. 30-31). 
 
47. O. Bopearachchi, "Was Sagala Menander's Capital ?", South Asian Archaeology, 
1989, Papers from the Tenth International Conference of South Asian 
Archaeologists in Western Europe, Musée national des Arts asiatiques- Guimet, 
Paris, 3-7 July, 1989, edited by C. Jarrige, Wisconsin, 1992, pp. 327-337. 
 
48. O. Bopearachchi, "Les derniers rois indo-grecs: une autre hypothèse", Histoire et 
Cultes de l'Asie Centrale pré-islamique, edited by Fr. Grenet, Paris, 1988, pp. 
235-242. 
 
49. O. Bopearachchi, "A new approach to the history of the Greeks in India", 
Yavanika, Journal of the Indian Society for Greek and Roman Studies, vol. 1, 
1992, pp. 6-20. 
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50. O. Bopearachchi, "Elephant Headed Ganesa or Zeus-Mithra?", Yavanika, Journal 
of the Indian Society for Greek and Roman Studies, 2, 1992, pp. 97-122. 
 
51. O. Bopearachchi, "On the so-called earliest representation of Ganesha",  
Lyon, 3/2, 1993, pp. 425-453. 
52. O. Bopearachchi, "L'indépendance de la Bactriane",  Lyon, 4/2, 1994, pp. 
513-519. 
 
53. O. Bopearachchi, "Indian Brahman on a coin of Indo-Greek Telephus", News 
Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 145, Summer 1995, pp. 8-9. 
 
54. O. Bopearachchi, "Diodotus", Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. VII, Columbia 
University, New York, 1995, pp. 422-423. 
 
55. O. Bopearachchi, "A unique Indo-Greek royal seal of a monetary type", News 
Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, 148, Spring, 1996, pp. 12-3. 
 
56. O. Bopearachchi, 
“
a", e, 29, dec., 1996, Athenes, pp. 
6-9. 
 
57. O. Bopearachchi, "The Posthumous Coinage of Hermaios and the conquest of 
Gandhara by the Kushans", Gandharan Art in Context. East-West Exchanges at 
the Crossroads of Asia, edited by R. Allchin, B. Allchin, N. Kreitman et E. 
Errington, 1997, Cambridge, pp. 189-213. 
 
58. O. Bopearachchi, “Two unreported coins from the second Mir Zakah deposit”, 
News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 165, Autumn 2000, pp. 15-6. 
 
59. O. Bopearachchi, “La présence des Grecs en Asie Centrale: nouvelles données 
numismatiques”, Greek Archaeology without Frontiers, The National Hellenic 
Research Foundation, Athens, 2002, pp. 109-126. 
 
60. O. Bopearachchi, "Quelques observations sur la gravure des coins indo-grecs”, 
Bulletin de la Société Française de Numismatique, May 2002, pp. 73-76. 
 
61. O. Bopearachchi, “Diomedes overstruck by Agathocleia”, News Letter, Oriental 
Numismatic Society, 172, 2002, pp. 13-14. 
 
62. O. Bopearachchi & K. Grigo, “To err is human”, News Letter, Oriental 
Numismatic Society, 172, 2002, pp. 14-15. 
 
63. O. Bopearachchi & Ta-Cheng Li, “Three interesting Indo-Greek coins”, News 
Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, 172, 2002, pp. 15-16. 
 
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64. O. Bopearachchi, “Heliocles I”, Encylopaedia Iranica, vol. XII, fas. 2, New York, 
278, 2003, p. 154. 
 
65. O. Bopearachchi, “Some observations on Indo-Greek die-engraving”, Journal of 
Ancient Indian History, XXI, 2000-2002 (2003), pp. 38-40. 
 
66. O. Bopearachchi, “Two rare pre-Kushan coins”, News Letter, Oriental 
Numismatic Society, no. 178, Winter 2004, pp. 18-20. 
67. O. Bopearachchi and W. Pieper, “Over-struck and bouble-struck”, News Letter, 
Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 178, Winter 2004, p. 20. 
 
68. O. Bopearachchi, "Indo-Greek Dynasty", Encyclopædia Iranica, vol.XIII, 
Columbia University, New York, 2005, pp. 96-97. 
 
69. O. Bopearachchi, "Les royaumes grecs en Bactriane et en Inde”, Actes du colloque 
international. Le monde hellénistique en orient à la lumière de fouilles 
archéologiques, Athènes, 2007, XVII, 2007, pp. 51-58, pls XXXVIII-XXXI. 
 
70. O. Bopearachchi, “L’apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l’histoire des 
Indo-Grecs”, Revue numismatique, 2008, pp. 245-268. 
 
71. O. Bopearachchi, “Was Indo-Greek Artemidoros the son of Indo-Scythian 
Maues? Amluk Dara hoard revisited”, Numismatica Chronica, 2008-9, p. 25-46. 
 
72. O. Bopearachchi, “A note on some interesting Indo-Greek coins”, Journal of the 
Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 205, autumn, 2010, pp. 19-21. 
 
73. O. Bopearachchi, "The emergence of the Graeco-Baktrian and Indo-Greek 
kingdoms", in Coins from Asia Minor and the East, Selections from the Colin E. 
Pitchfork Collection, edited by N.L. Wright, Numismatic Association of 
Australia, Adelaide, 2011, pp. 47-50, 167-179. 
 
74. O. Bopearachchi, “Deux documents exceptionnels en numismatique indo-
grecque”, Cahiers numismatiques, no. 189, 2011, pp. 3-6. 
 
75. O. Bopearachchi, “New numismatic evidence on the chronology of late Indo 
Greeks and early Kushans”, in Proceedings of the Symposium on Ancient Coins 
and the Culture of the Silk Road, 2011, pp. 259-283. 
 
76. O. Bopearachchi, “Le monnayage des successeurs grecs et kouchans d’Alexandre 
el Grand”, in Art et Civilisations de l’Orient hellénisé, edited by P. Leriche, 
Picard, Paris, 2014, pp. 163-166, pl. p. 28. 
 
77. O. Bopearachchi, “ Alexandre le Grand et les portraits monétaires des souverains 
indo-grecs”, in Bilder des Macht : Das griechische Porträt und seine Verwendung 
in der antiken Welt, Morphomata, 34, edited by H. von Günter Blamberger & 
François Queyrel, pp. 255-67, plates. 6-9. 
 
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Indo-Scythian Coins 
 
78. O. Bopearachchi, “Sabedana or Sarpadana”, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic 
Society, no. 169, autumn 2001, p. 21. 
 
79. O. Bopearachchi, “Jihonika”, Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. VIV, Columbia 
University, New York, 2008, p. 645. 
 
Indo-Parthian-Coins 
 
80. O. Bopearachchi and Fr. Grenet, "Une monnaie en or du souverain indo-parthe 
Abdagases II" Studia Iranica, 25, 1996, pp. 219-231. 
 
81. O. Bopearachchi, "Indo-Parthians", Das Partherreich und seine Zeugnisse”, 
Beiträge des Internationalen Colloquiums, Eutin, 27-29 June 1996, Stuttgart, 
1998, pp. 389-406. 
 
82. Fr. Grenet and O. Bopearachchi “Une nouvelle monnaie en or d’Abdagases II”, 
Studia Iranica, 28, 1999, p. 73-82. 
 
Kushan Coins 
 
83. O. Bopearachchi and Fr. Grenet, "Nashten, un souverain iranien inconnu entre 
Grecs et Kouchans", Studia Iranica, 22, 1993, pp. 299-307. 
 
84. O. Bopearachchi, "Nashten, a hitherto unknown Iranian ruler in India, Studies in 
Silk Road Coins and Culture, Silk Road. Art and Archaeology, Special Volume 
1997, Kamakura (Japan), 1997, pp. 67-74. 
 
85. O. Bopearachchi, "Nashten, un prince iranien inconnu entre Grecs et Kouchans”, 
Comptes Rendus, Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, July-October, 
1993, pp. 609-611. 
 
86. O. Bopearachchi, "Les données numismatiques et la datation du bazar de 
Begram",  Lyon, 2001, pp. 411-435. 
 
87. O. Bopearachchi, "Chronologie et généalogie des premiers rois kushans: 
nouvelles données” Comptes Rendus, Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-
Lettres, juillet-octobre, 2006, pp. 1433-1447. 
 
88. O. Bopearachchi, "Some observations on the chronology of the early Kushans”, 
Res Orientales, XVII, 2007, pp. 41-53. 
 
89. O. Bopearachchi, "Les premiers souverains kouchans: Chronologie et 
iconographie monétaire", Journal des Savants, janvier-juin 2008, pp. 3-56. 
 
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90. O. Bopearachchi, "Alfred Foucher et les études numismatiques bactriennes", in 
Bouddhismes d’Asies. Monuments et littératures. Journée d’étude en hommage 
à Alfred Foucher (1865-1952), 2009, pp. 243-266. The same in Académie des 
Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, Comptes Rendus, Novembre-Decembre, 2007, pp. 
1875-1897. 
 
91. O. Bopearachchi & W. Pieper « Siva cursing Apasmarapurusa on a Huvishka 
coin », News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 200, Summer 2009, pp. 
35-6. 
 
92. O. Bopearachchi, "Kadphises, Kujula", Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. VII, 
Columbia University, New York, XV, 2009, pp. 331-2. 
 
93. O. Bopearachchi & M. Blet-Lemarquand, “Begram stūpa deposit: further study 
on the origin of Kushan gold, in Re-Visiting Early India. Essays in Honour of 
D.C. Sircar, ed. S. Ghosh et all, B.N. Bhattacharya, Kolkata, 2013, pp. 29-36. 
 
 
Coin Hoards and Deposits 
 
94. O. Bopearachchi, "Coins from Mir Zakah in private collections", Indian 
Numismatics, History, Art and Culture. Essays in the Honour of Dr. P.L. Gupta, 
Volume I, 1992, pp. 87-94. 
 
95. O. Bopearachchi, "Grands trésors de monnaies pré-sasanides trouvés en 
Afghanistan et au Pakistan", International Numismatic News Letter, 24, 1994, 
pp. 2-3. 
 
96. O. Bopearachchi, "Récentes découvertes de trésors de monnaies pré-sassanides 
trouvés en Afghanistan et au Pakistan", Cahiers Numismatiques, Revue 
trimestrielle de la Société d'études numismatiques et archéologiques, Septembre 
1994, pp. 7-14. 
 
97. O. Bopearachchi, "Recent discoveries: hoards and finds of ancient coins from 
Afghanistan and Pakistan", Yavanika, Journal of the Indian Society for Greek 
and Roman Studies, 4, 1994, pp. 3-30. 
 
98 O. Bopearachchi, "Découvertes récentes de trésors indo-grecs: nouvelles 
données historiques", Comptes Rendus, Académie des Inscriptions & Belles-
Lettres, 1995, pp. 609-627. 
 
99. O. Bopearachchi, "Coins hoards from Afghanistan and Pakistan” (in Japanese), 
Oriente, 8.9. 1995, pp. 13-22. 
 
100. O. Bopearachchi, “Mir Zakah: Le plus grand trésor du monde”, Les Dossiers de 
la Monnaie, n° 12, 1997, pp. 12-16. 
 
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101. O. Bopearachchi, "Recent coin hoard evidence on pre-Kushana chronology", in 
Coins, Art, and Chronology. Essays on the pre-Islamic History of the Indo-
Iranian Borderlands, ed. by M. Alram & D.E. Klimburg-Salter, Vienna, 1999, 
pp. 99-149. 
 
102. O. Bopearachchi, “Le dépôt de Mir Zakah. Le plus grand trésor du monde, son 
destin et son intérêt", Dossiers d’Archéologie, 248, November 1999, pp. 36-43. 
 
103. O. Bopearachchi, “Trésors monétaires pré-Kushans trouvés en Afghanistan et au 
Pakistan”, in Akten XII. Internationaler Numismatischer Kongress Berlin 1997, 
I, edited by B. Kluge and B. Weisser, Berlin, 2000, pp. 239-243. 
 
104. O. Bopearachchi, “Some interesting coins from the Pandayale hoard”, News 
Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 169, Autumn 2001, pp. 19-21. 
105. O. Bopearachchi, “Two more unique coins from the second Mir Zakah deposit”, 
News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 169, Autumn 2001, pp. 21-22. 
 
106. O. Bopearachchi & K. Grigo, “Thundering Zeus revisited”, News Letter, 
Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 169, Autumn 2001, pp. 22-24. 
 
107. O. Bopearachchi, “A joy and a curse”, The Alexander Medallion. Exploring the 
Origins of a Unique Artefact, edited by F. Holt and O. Bopearachchi, Imago-
Lattara, 2011, pp. 33-73. 
 
Monetary Circulation 
 
108. O. Bopearachchi, “La circulation et la production monétaires en Asie Centrale et 
dans l’Inde du Nord-Ouest (avant et après la conquête d’Alexandre)”, 
Indologica Taurinensia, Official Organ of the International Association of 
Sanskrit Studies, Turin, XXV, 1999, pp. 15-119. 
 
109. O. Bopearachchi, “La production monétaire en Asie Centrale et dans l’Inde du 
Nord-Ouest du Ve siècle av. J.-C. au IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.”, in Matériaux pour 
l’histoire économique du monde iranien, edited by R. Gyselen & M. Szuppe, 
1999, pp. 79-100. 
 
 
ART HISTORY 
Hellenistic Art 
 
110. O. Bopearachchi, “Gilded silver statue of a modest Venus from Begram”, in 
Papers in Honour of Francine Tissot, Silk Road. Art and Archaeology,6, edited 
by E. Errington and O. Bopearachchi, 1999/ 2000, pp. 75-81. 
 
111. O. Bopearachchi, “A faience head of a Graeco-Bactrian king from Ai Khanum” 
in Alexander’s Legacy in the East. Studies in honor of Paul Bernard, Bulletin of 
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the Asia Institute, vol. 12, edited by O. Bopearachchi, C. Altman and F. Grenet, 
Michigan, 1998, pp. 23-30. 
 
112. O. Bopearachchi, “The contribution of Greeks to art and culture of Bactria and 
India. New archaeological evidence”, The Journal of Indo-Turcia (JIT), 
Malatya, 2001, pp. 171-192. 
 
113. P. Bernard & O. Bopearachchi, “Deux bracelets grecs avec inscriptions grecques 
trouvés dans l’Asie Centrale hellénisée”, Journal des Savants, 2002, pp. 237-
278. 
 
114. O. Bopearachchi, "Contribution of Greeks to the art and culture of Bactria and 
India: new archaeological evidence, The Indian Historical Review, XXXII, 
2005, pp. 103-125. 
 
115. O. Bopearachchi, "Découvertes récentes de sculptures hellénistiques en Asie 
centrale” in Art et archéologie des monastères gréco-bouddhiques du Nord-
Ouest de l’Inde et de l’Asie Centrale, Actes du colloque international du Crpoga 
(Strasbourg, 17-18 mars 2000), edited by Z. Tarzi and D. Vaillancourt, De 
Boccard, Paris, 2005, pp. 51-65. 
 
116. O. Bopearachchi, "Royaumes grecs en Afghanistan. Nouvelles données”, in 
L’art d’Afghanistan de la préhistoire à nos jours, CERDAF, Paris 2005, pp. 49-
69. 
 
117. Fr. Baratte, O. Bopearachchi, R. Gyselen & N. Sims-Williams, "Un plat romain 
inscrit en Bactrien et Parsig”, Res Orientales, XXI, 2012, pp. 9-28. 
 
 
Gandhāran and Indian Art 
118. O. Bopearachchi and Ch. Sachs, "Armure et armes des Indo-Scythes d’après 
leurs émissions monétaires et les données archéologiques",  Lyon, 
2001, p. 321-355. 
 
119. O. Bopearachchi, "Recent archaeological discoveries from Afghanistan and 
Pakistan”, Bulletin of Miho Museum, vol. V, 2005, pp. 19-30. 
 
120. O. Bopearachchi, "L’art gréco-bouddhique du Gandhara”, in Pakistan. Un autre 
regard, edited by D. Evmoon, 2005, p. 8-15. 
 
121. O. Bopearachchi, "Acroliths from Bactria and Gandhāra”, in On the Cusp of an 
Era. Art in the Pre-Kushana World, edited by D. Meth-Srinivasan, Leiden-
Boston, 2007, p. 119-132, pls. 5.1-5.10. 
 http://books.google.fr/books?id=dCz8NczNbcMC&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&dq=Osmund+Bopearachchi&source
=bl&ots=zy1EMN9hFK&sig=lXrmSV6hs6x4otuiUBA8ZxFaLDA&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=r65_UfG7DYHoPO_rgOAI
&ved=0CDAQ6AEwADha#v=onepage&q=Osmund%20Bopearachchi&f=false 
 
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122. O. Bopearachchi, "An enigmatic image of Varāha-Viṣṇu from Gandhāra", 
Jnana-Pravaha Research Journal, XII, 2008-2009, pp. 102-4, pls. 14.1-2. 
 
123. O. Bopearachchi, "In search of Utpalavarna in Gnadharan Buddhist art", in Un 
impaziente desiderio di scorrere il mondo. Studi in onore di Antonio Invernizzi 
per il suo sttantesimo compleanno, edited by Carlo Lippolis & Stefano de 
Martino, Le Lettere, Firenzee, 2011, pp. 253-367. 
 
124. O. Bopearachchi, "Avalokitesvara-Padmapani dans l’art bouddhique du 
Gandhara: nouvelles données", in Autour de Bamiyan. De la Bactriane 
hellénisée à l’Inde bouddhique, ed. G. Ducoeur, De Boccard, Paris, 2012, pp. 
337-343. 
 
125. O. Bopearachchi, “Chronology of the Early Kushans: New Evidence”, in Glory 
of the Kushans: Recent Discoveries and Interpretations / ed. by Vidula 
Jayaswal. - New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 2012, pp. 123-136. 
 
126. O. Bopearachchi, “Emergence of Viṣṇu Iconography in Gandhāra: Numismatic 
and Sculptural Evidence” Iconography of the Hindus, the Buddhists and the 
Jains, C.P.R. Institute of Indological Research, 8-9 January, 2016. 
 
127. O. Bopearachchi, “Pectoral depicting Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from Greater 
Gandhāra” Ancient West and East, 17, 2018, pp. 231-252. 
 
 
 
 
MARITIME TRADE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN 
 
Archaeological Excavations in Sri Lanka 
 
128. O. Bopearachchi, "Sea-borne and inland trade of ancient Sri Lanka: First results 
of the Sri Lanka-French exploratory program", South Asian Archaeology, 1995, 
pp. 285-299. 
 
129. O. Bopearachchi, "Seafaring in the Indian Ocean: Archaeological evidence from 
Sri Lanka", in Tradition and Archaeology. Early Maritime Contacts in the 
Indian Ocean, ed. by H.P. Ray and J.-F. Salles, New Delhi, 1996, pp. 59-77. 
 
130. O. Bopearachchi, "Fouilles archéologiques au Sri Lanka: Commerce maritime 
entre l’empire romain, le monde indien et l’Extrême Orient", Bonjour, Alliance 
française du Sri Lanka, n° 26, oct. 1996, pp. 5-12. 
 
131. O. Bopearachchi, "Antichità dello Sri Lanka", Archeo. Attualita del Passato, 
Dossier, Rome, anno XIII, n° 2 (144), February 1997, p. 12. 
 
132. O. Bopearachchi, "Archaeological evidence on changing patterns of 
international trade relations of ancient Sri Lanka”, in Origin, Evolution and 
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Circulation of Foreign Coins in the Indian Ocean, ed. by O. Bopearachchi and 
D.P.M. Weerakkody, New Delhi, 1998, pp. 133-178. 
 
133. O. Bopearachchi, "The maritime silk roads: Trade relations between Central 
Asia and Sri Lanka from the evidence of recent excavations“, Silk Road. Art and 
Archaeology, 5, 1997/8, pp. 269-295. 
 
134. O. Bopearachchi, “Sites portuaires et emporia de l’ancien Sri Lanka: nouvelles 
données archéologiques", Arts Asiatiques, 54, 1999, pp. 5-22. 
 http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/arasi_0004-3958_1999_num_54_1_1429 
 
135. O. Bopearachchi, “Ancient Sri Lanka: New archaeological data of the trade 
between Rome and China”, in Men and Monuments. D.T. Devendra. A century 
Tribute, edited by L. Prematilake, Colombo, 2001, pp. 97-112. 
 
136. O. Bopearachchi, “Archaeological evidence on Shipping communities of Sri 
Lanka”, in Ships and the Development of Maritime Technology in the Indian 
Ocean, edited by D. Parkin and R. Barnes, London, 2002, pp. 92-127. 
 
137. O. Bopearachchi, “Mission française de coopération archéologique au Sri Lanka”, 
L’Archéologie à l’École normale supérieure, Paris, 2002, pp. 143-4. 
 
138. O. Bopearachchi, S. Disanayaka and N. Perera, "The Oldest Shipwreck in the 
Indian Ocean", In Ports of the Ancient Indian Ocean, edited by Marie-Françoise 
Boussac, Jean-François Salles, Jean-Baptiste Yon, Primus Books, Delhi 2016, 
pp. 411– 434. 
 
Monetary Circulation in South India and Sri Lanka 
 
139. O. Bopearachchi, "Some observations on the Roman coins found in the recent 
excavations at Sigiriya", Ancient Ceylon, 1990, Colombo, pp. 20-37. 
 
140. O. Bopearachchi, "Le commerce maritime entre Rome et Sri Lanka d'après les 
données numismatiques", L'Océan et les mers lointaines in l'antiquité, Actes du 
colloque de la Société des Professeurs d'Histoire Ancienne de l'Université de 
Nantes-Angers, 24-26 mai 1991, Paris 1992, pp. 107-121 ; Revue des études 
Anciennes, 1992, pp. 107-121. 
 
141. O. Bopearachchi, "La circulation des monnaies d'origine étrangère dans l'antique 
Sri Lanka", Res Orientales, V, Leuven, 1993, pp. 63-87. 
 
142. O. Bopearachchi, "Recent discoveries of ancient foreign coins, hitherto 
unknown in Sri Lankan context", Sesquicentennial Commemorative Volume, 
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka 1845-1995, Colombo, 1995, pp. 127-139, pl. 
I & II. 
 
143. O. Bopearachchi, "Ancient Coins in Sri Lanka”,Economic Review, vol. 23, 
October/November. 1997, pp. 21-26. 
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144. O. Bopearachchi, "Codrington’s studies on Sri Lankan numismatics: Past and 
Present”, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, XLI, Special 
Number, 1998, pp. 39-64. 
 
145. O. Bopearachchi, H. Falk & R. Wickremesinhe, “Earliest inscribed coins, 
moulds, seals and sealings from Tissamaharama (Sri Lanka)”, Numismatic 
Chronicle, 2000, pp. 117-134. 
 
146. O. Bopearachchi and K. Ratnatunga, “An inscribed Abhisheka Lakshmi coin 
from Sri Lanka”, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society, no. 178, Winter 
2004, pp. 20-21. 
 
147. O. Bopearachchi, "Circulation of Roman and Byzantine gold coins in Sri Lanka: 
fact or fiction”, Dal Denarius al Dinar l’Oriente e la Moneta Romana, Rome, 
2006, pp. 181-200. 
 
148. O. Bopearachchi, « Coins » in Anuradhapura: The British-Sri Lankan 
Excavations at Anuradhapura Salgaha Watta 2, British Archaeological Reports 
(BAR), edited by R. Coningham, Oxford, 2006, pp. 7-26. 
 
 
Martime Trade between South India and Sri Lanka 
 
149. O. Bopearachchi, “Puratana sri lankava saha tamil naduva atara thibu 
sanskrutika ha vanija sambandata pilibada nawa puravidyatmaka sakshi” (in 
Sinhalese), Pravada, Colombo, 18, April-Juin, 2001, pp. 57-73. 
 
150. O. Bopearachchi “Les relations commerciales et culturelles entre Sri Lanka et 
Inde du sud: Nouvelles données archéologiques et épigraphiques”, Cahier du 
cercle d’études et de recherches sri lankaise, 2002, pp. 1-16. 
 
151. O. Bopearachchi, "Archaeological evidence on cultural and commercial 
relationships between ancient Sri Lanka and South India”, in Honouring Martin 
Quéré o.m.i., edited by G. Robuchon, Clamecy, 2002, pp. 60-75. 
 
152. O. Bopearachchi & K. Rajan, “Graffiti Marks of Kodumanal (India) and 
Ridiyagama (Sri Lanka) — A Comparative Study”, Man and Environment 
XXVII (2) 2002, pp. 97-105. 
 
153. O. Bopearachchi, “Ancient Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu: Maritime Trade”, in 
South Asian Horizons. Felicitation Volume for François Gros, ed. by J.-L. 
Chevillard & E. Wilden, EFEO, Pondichéry, 2004, pp. 539-551. 
 
154. O. Bopearachchi, “New archaeological evidence on cultural and commercial 
relations between ancient Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu”, Journal of 
Interdisciplinary Studies in History and Archaeology, vol. 1, Summer 2004, pp. 
60-72. 
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155. O. Bopearachchi, Tamil Traders in Sri Lanka and Sinhalese Traders in Tamil 
Nadu, monograph, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, 2008, 32 
p. http://www.noolaham.net/project/127/12623/12623.pdf 
 
 
Art History South India and Sri Lanka 
 
156. O. Bopearachchi, “Art bouddhique", Dictionnaire du Bouddhisme. 
Encyclopaedia Universalis, 1999, p. 522. 
 
157. O. Bopearachchi, “Sri Lanka. L’archéologie du bouddhisme”, Dossiers 
Archéologie, 254, June, 2000, pp. 68-77. 
 
158. O. Bopearachchi, “Sculptures of Amaravati tradition in Sri Lanka”, Journal of 
the Asiatic Society, vol. L, 2008, pp. 1-26. 
 
159. O. Bopearachchi, “Andhra-Tamilnadu and Sri Lanka: Early Buddhist Sculptures 
of Sri Lanka”, in New Dimensions of Tamil Epigraphy, ed. A. Murugaiyan, Cre-
A, 2012, pp. 49-68. 
 
160. O. Bopearachchi, “Sri Lanka and the Maritime Trade. Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara 
as the Protector of Mariners” in Asian Encounters exploring connected histories, 
ed. P. Dhar & U. Singh, New Delhi, oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 161-87. 
 
 
Landscape Architecture 
 
161. O. Bopearachchi, "Sigiriya, un point culminant de l'architecture civile de 
l'antique Ceylan", Bulletin de l’Association française des amis de l'Orient, n° 
34, Printemps 1992, p. 16. 
 
162. O. Bopearachchi, "Les jardins de Sigiriya au Sri Lanka", Asies II, Aménager 
l'Espace, edited by F. Blanchon, Paris, 1993, pp. 239-261. 
 
 
RESERVATION OF CENTRAL ASIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE 
 
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163. O. Bopearachchi, “Recent discoveries of coin hoards in Afghanistan and 
Pakistan: A question of clandestine diggings and the illicit traffic in antiquities”, 
Newsletter, Circle of Inner Asian Art, 8, November, 1998, pp. 8-12. 
 
164. O. Bopearachchi, “Aï Khanoum, un triste destin”, Dossiers Archéologie, 
Empires Perses d’Alexandre aux Sassanides, n° 243 May 1999, p. 35. 
 
165. O. Bopearachchi, "Quelle politique adopter face à la dispersion du patrimoine ? 
Le cas de l’Afghanistan et du Pakistan, L’Avenir des musées, Actes du colloque 
organisé au musée du Louvre, les 23, 24 et 25 mars 2000, Paris, 2001, pp. 289-
306. 
 
166. O. Bopearachchi, “Trésors monétaires découvertes et pillage” in Afghanistan. 
Patrimoine en péril. Actes d’une journée d’étude, Centre d’Études et de 
recherches documents sur l’Afghanistan, Paris, 2001, pp. 97-108. 
 
167. O. Bopearachchi, “Vandalised Afghanistan”, Frontline, India’s National 
Magazine, 19, March 2002, pp. 66-70. 
 
168. O. Bopearachchi, “The destruction of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage”, News 
Letter. International Institute for Asian Studies, March, 27, 2002, pp. 13-14. 
 
169. O. Bopearachchi, “Nouvelles trouvailles archéologiques en Afghanistan et au 
Pakistan et la destruction du patrimoine”, La Timoride. Spécial Afghanistan, 
Paris, 24, 2002, pp. 10-20. 
 
170. O. Bopearachchi, “Preserving Afghanistan’s cultural heritage”, Caucasus and 
Central Asian Newsletter, Winter 2000/3, pp.17-9. 
 
171. O. Bopearachchi, “Vandalized Afghanistan”, Nomismatic Chronica, 2002, pp. 
91-99. 
 
172. O. Bopearachchi, Sauvegarder le patrimoine afghan”, Parages, spring, 8, 2003, 
pp. 55-65. 
 
173. O. Bopearachchi, Preserving Afghanistan’s Cultural Heritage: What is to be 
done”, in Of the Past, for the Future: Integrating Archaeology and 
Conservation, edited by N. Agnew and J. Bridgland, Paul Getty Conservation 
Institute, Los Angeles, 2006, pp. 266-272. 
 
 
Book reviews 
 
174. O. Bopearachchi, "Le monnayage de la Bactriane et de l'Inde antique", A Survey 
of Numismatic Research 1985-1990, Bruxelles, 1991, pp. 131-138. 
 
175. O. Bopearachchi, Review of R. Krishnamurthy, on Late Romaan Copper Coins 
from South India:: Karur and Madurai, Madras 1994, in News Letter, Oriental 
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Numismatic Society, no. 141, Summer 1994, pp. 3-4. 
 
176. O. Bopearachchi, Review of Ellen M. Raven's, Gupta Gold Coins with a 
Garu.da-Banner: Samudragupta - Skandagupta, Garnet Publications, (2 vols) 
1994, South Asian Archaeology, 12, 1996, pp. 161-2. 
 
177. O. Bopearachchi, Review of Metallurgy in Numismatics, vol. 3, edited by M.M. 
Archibald and M.R. Cowell, Royal Numismatic Society, London 1993, 
Numismatic Chronicle, 1997, pp. 251-253. 
 
178. O. Bopearachchi, "Bactrian and Indo-Greek coins", A Survey of Numismatic 
Research 1990-1995, edited by C. Morrisson and B. Kluge, Berlin, 1997, pp. 
137-141. 
 
179. O. Bopearachchi, "Gréco-Bactriens, Indo-Grecs, Indo-Scythes, Indo-Parthes", A 
Survey of Numismatic Research 1996-2001, Madrid, 2003, pp. 189-194. 
 
180. O. Bopearachchi, "Numismatique des Kouchans", A Survey of Numismatic 
Research 1996-2001, Madrid, 2003, pp. 669-673. 
 
181. O. Bopearachchi, "Inde du Sud et Sri Lanka", A Survey of Numismatic Research 
1996-2001, Madrid, 2003, pp. 685-688. 
 
182. O. Bopearachchi, "Etudes numismatiques kouchanes", in International 
Numismatic Commission (General Editors M. Amandry & D. Bateson), A 
Survey of Numismatic Research 2002-2007, International Association of 
Professional Numismatists, Special Publication 15, Glasgow 2009, pp. 505-507. 
 
183. O. Bopearachchi, Ingo Strauch, Foreign Sailors on Socotra. The inscriptions and 
drawings from the cave Hoq, Verlgeichende Studien zu Antike und Orient,no. 3, 
Hempen Verlag, 2012, Bremen, dans Topoi, 2014, pp. 875-9. 
 
184. O. Bopearachchi, "Numismatique Kouchane", A Survey of Numismatic Research 
2001-2014, Taromina, 2015, pp. 504-9. 
 
185. O. Bopearachchi,"Numismatique de l’Inde du Sud et du Sri Lanka", A Survey of 
Numismatic Research 2001-2014, Taromina, 2015, pp. 514-5. 
 
186. O. Bopearachchi, Review of N. Lahiri, Ashoka in Ancient India, Harvard 
University Press, Cambridge, MA/London, 2015, in Ancient West & East, vol. 15, 
2016, pp. 405-7. 
 
187. O. Bopearachchi, Review of C.I. Beckwith, Greek Buddha: Pyrrho’s Encounter 
with Early Buddhism in Central Asia, Princeton University Press, 
Princeton/Oxford 2015, in Ancient West & East, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 341-2. 
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DATA BASES 
 
— Creation of two databases based on the two important collections in the 
Archaeological Museums of Anuradhapura and Yatala (Sri Lanka) with the 
collaboration of UNESCO, CNRS-ENS and University of California at Berkeley. 
http://129.199.58.244/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Inventaire_Anuradhapura-Yatala&-loadframes 
 
— Creation of the database of the numismatic collection of the National Museum of 
Kabul (Afghanistan) with the collaboration of UNESCO and the 
Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. 
 
 
AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTIONS 
 
— Interview “La Cinquième rencontre” Cinquième chaîne” broadcast on August 18, 
1998. This program was on the Sri Lankan archaeology and the activities of the 
French Archaeological Delegation in Sri Lanka. 
 
— Interview with Patrick Cazals of “France Culture” recorded in Sri Lanka and 
broadcast on January 2, 1999 at 14h by ‘France Culture’ under the program 
“l’Usage du Monde”. 
 
— Interview with Marie-Pierre Verot of “Radio France Internationale” broadcast on 
November 14th 2002 at 12h 45. 
 
— Participation in the programme of the Japanese National Television: NHK, on 
Eurasian Empires, broadcast in August 18, 2003 in Japan and December 25 2003 
in France by “France 5”. 
 
— “Sri Lanka - Archéologie”, Corpus, Encylopaedia unversalis, 1998 (CD-ROM).: 
http://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/sri-lanka/#i_29231 
 
— Participation in the program “Mots Croisés” of Arlette Chabot, ‘France 2’, 
January 10th 2005, from 23h to 1h. http://www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/environnement-et-
urbanisme/video/I06291936/nicolas-hulot-a-propos-du-tsunami-en-asie.fr.html 
 
— Participation in the program “Relations between India and Sri Lanka” interview 
with Arfa K. Sherwani, Rajyasabha TV, New Delhi, December 30th 2014. 
http://search.tb.ask.com/search/video.jhtml?searchfor=osmund+Bopearachchi&p2=^Y6^xdm003^YYA^us&n=781b18
ab&ss=sub&st=tab&ptb=EDF58703-D38D-4A14-ACAD-
296503BBDDD1&si=CPSlxIXq_cQCFY6Rfgod0nEAOw&tpr=sbt 
 
 
— Participation in the program “Radio Ranga Mandira”, Chennai, radio interview 
with Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh, January 8th 2016. 
https://mail.canoe.ens.fr/util/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2F129.199.58.244%2Ffmi%2Fiwp%2Fcgi%3F-db%3DInventaire_Anuradhapura-Yatala%26-loadframes&Horde2=1f81622477dc4e1120ce0946d68179cb
http://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/sri-lanka/#i_29231
http://www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/environnement-et-urbanisme/video/I06291936/nicolas-hulot-a-propos-du-tsunami-en-asie.fr.html
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— Participation as Presenter and Scientific Adviser in the TV the series of 500 
programs (each 25 minutes) on Indian and Sri Lankan art with the collaboration of 
the Department of Archaeology. These programs are diffused every Sunday at 5: 
30 p.m. by the ITN since 2009. 
See http://www.itn.lk/ 
 
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