Fragmentary_Buddhist_text_-_Gandhara_birchbark_scrolls_(1st_C),_part_31_-_BL_Or._14915.jpg

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Fragmentary Buddhist text

The manuscript is written on birchbark and is part of a group of early manuscripts from Gandhara (modern East Afghanistan/Noth-West Pakistan).

Date

first half of 1 ^st century

Collection

British Library

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	Location	London
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	Authority file	: Q23308 VIAF : 121814978 ISNI : 0000000123081542 ULAN : 500301700 LCCN : n81139951 NLA : 36588116 WorldCat

Accession number

Or. 14915, part 31

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Image taken from Kharosthi Buddhist text.

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