Overview
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Chinese buddhist scroll of 'Fo shuo yao shi jing' with a syllabary of Khotanese Gupta script on other side.
Date
700 to 999
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Measurement
height 26 centimetres, width 252 centimetres
Material
Language / script
Chinese (lang.) Khotanese (lang.) Chinese (script) Brahmi (script)
Description
Scope and content : The position of the roller suggests that the Khotanese text is on the recto, but probable that it was moved when the scroll was reused for the syllabary. Catalogued in Zwalf 1985: 100
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Historical information
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.lviii.007
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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