paper fragment
Or.8212/173
manuscript, ink on paper
Overview
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Two Tibetan Buddhist poems
Date
700 to 750
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Measurement
height 8.5 centimetres, width 26.5 centimetres
Material
Language / script
Description
Scope and content : A single sheet of paper containing two Buddhist poems written in Tibetan. The manuscript is signed by the scribe Nam Chedpo (Gnam Ched po) meaning "Great Sky". The manuscript was found in the Endere fort by Aurel Stein during his first expedition. Since the fort may have been abandoned by the Tibetan army earlier than their other Central Asian forts, this may be one of the earliest surviving Tibetan Buddhist manuscripts.
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