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Or.8210/S.3286

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Scroll manuscript of Madhyamakasastra in Chinese. Life of Deva-bodhisattva on verso.

Date

400 to 499

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 27 centimetres, width 91 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : Taisho 1564. Catalogued in Giles 1955: cat 4297 and Zwalf 1985: 58.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.77.X.9/14

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight
Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight
Zwalf,WBuddhism, Art and FaithLondonBritish Museum1985ChinaBuddhismArtGoldenLight

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