Traces of Gandharan Budhism
Author: | Jens Braarvig (compiler) |
Subtitle: | Exhibition of Ancient Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schoyen Collection |
No of Pages: | 136 |
Edition: | 1st |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
File Size: | 11 MB |
Permission: | Sourced from A Handful of Leaves Library (www.ahandfulofleaves.org/library). |
Blurb: | The Buddhist manuscripts of the Schøyen Collection are reported to have come from a cave near Bāmiyān, in Greater Gandhāra in Afghanistan, and are dated to the time between the second and the eight centuries A.D. These scripts written in the local language, contain various sutras. |
Notes: | Bibliography. Maps. Colour photos |
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