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Chinese scroll of the Lankavatarasutra (Crossing to the isle of Lanka)
Date
600 to 699
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Measurement
height 30 centimetres, width 1290 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Copy of translation by Gunabhadra in 443. Catalogued by Giles 1955: 3643, who notes the thick, bright yellow paper, and in Zwalf 1985: 79.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.76.VII.1
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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Dedicated to Frances Ann Brown, Chan Buddhist trainee, by her husband David, on the occasion of her birthday, 6th May 2007.
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