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IOL Khot W 39

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Title

Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Date

400

Find site

Endere

Measurement

height 13 centimetres, width 3 centimetres

Material

ink on wood

Description

Scope and content : Khotanese manuscript fragment on wood

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

End.

Stein site number

E.VI.iii.1

Find site description

Area on the southern arm of the Silk Road on the Endere river. It comprises Bilel-Konghan, Endere Stupa and various other Endere dwellings. The site as a whole was reported by Stein to have been occupied at two separate times, with an interval of centuries inbetween. Xuan Zang saw in 645 AD this site already in ruins, but it was occupied again later in the Tang dynasy, only to be abandoned once more when the area was taken over by the Tibetans in the 8th century.

Short description : Endere - Bilel-Konghan, Endere Stupa

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