The discovery of the oldest Buddhist manuscripts – written between the first century BCE and the fourth century CE in the region of Gandhāra (modern Pakistan and Afghanistan) – has provided a new basis for our understanding of this formative phase of Buddhism. The project “Buddhist Manuscripts from Gandhāra” prepares editions and studies of these manuscripts, and investigates their linguistic, literary, and historical contexts, thereby deepening our knowledge of early Buddhism and Gandhāra’s central role in its development and transmission across Asia. It is a long-term project running until 2032, funded by the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities under the auspices of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and is hosted by the Institute of Indology and Tibetology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich. With over twenty members, the Institute boasts a broad expertise in the languages and literatures of South and Inner Asia, and in the cross-cultural transmission of Buddhism. The doctoral researcher working for the project will also be part of the cross-faculty and interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies.