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This rich collection of articles pays homage to many of the remarkably broad and interdisciplinary interests embodied in the work of Prof. Georges-Jean Pinault. It contains not only historical and synchronic linguistic studies of numerous ancient languages---especially Tocharian, Sanskrit, Greek, and Uyghur---but also editions of several recently discovered texts from Central Asia that contribute to the burgeoning fields of Buddhist and Silk Road studies. Lyuke wmer ra is a must-read for all scholars interested in the intersection of language, literature, and religion of ancient and medieval western Eurasia.