Dunhuang Manuscripts discovery

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dunhuang_Manuscripts_discovery
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:contains gptkb:religion
gptkb:Dunhuang_manuscripts
folk
Taoist texts
secular documents
ancient Buddhist texts
gptkbp:country gptkb:China
gptkbp:coversPeriod 4th to 11th centuries
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France
gptkb:National_Library_of_China
other institutions worldwide
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Wang_Yuanlu
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1900
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dunhuang Manuscripts discovery
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkb:Sogdian
gptkb:Old_Turkic
gptkb:Uighur
gptkb:Khotanese
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mogao_Caves
gptkb:Dunhuang
gptkbp:manuscriptsRemovedBy gptkb:Paul_Pelliot
gptkb:Aurel_Stein
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Diamond_Sutra
earliest printed book
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Song_dynasty
gptkb:Chinese_Buddhism
gptkb:Silk_Road
gptkb:Tang_dynasty
gptkb:Mogao_Caves
gptkb:Western_Regions
gptkbp:significance major source for Silk Road studies
important for Buddhist studies
important for Central Asian studies
important for Chinese history
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dunhuang,_Gansu,_China
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7