File:Center figure detail, from- Diamond Sutra of 868 AD - The Diamond Sutra (868), frontispiece and text - BL Or. 8210-P.2 (cropped).jpg
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Diamond Sutra of 868 AD The image depicts the frontispiece to the world's earliest dated printed book, the Chinese translation of the Buddhist text the 'Diamond Sutra'. This consists of a scroll, over 16 feet long, made up of a long series of printed pages. Printed in China in 868 AD, it was found in the Dunhuang Caves in 1907, in the North Western province of Gansu. |
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Date | 11 May 868 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q23308 |
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Or. 8210/P.2, frontispiece and text |
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Image taken from The Diamond Sutra. Originally published/produced in China, 11th May, 868. Held and digitised by the British Library, and uploaded to Flickr Commons. Please do not overwrite this file. Any cropped or modified version should be uploaded with a new name and linked in the "
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Swastikas in ancient art
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Identifier | 010627 |