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Or. 8210/D2 Buddha preaching to his aged disciple Subhuti, from the Diamond Sutra, 868 (woodblock...

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Or. 8210/D2 Buddha preaching to his aged disciple Subhuti, from the Diamond Sutra, 868 (woodblock print)
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Chinese School, Tang Dynasty (618-907) / Chinese
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British Library, London, UK
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woodblock print
Date
868 AD (C9th AD)
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Frontispiece to the earliest complete block printed "book" found that contains a date. Chinese translation of the Buddhist text the "Diamond Sutra", 'Vajracchedikaprajnaparamita'; . A scroll over 16 feet long made up of a long series of printed pages. Printed in China in 868 AD, found in cave 17 Dunhuang, Gansu province in 1907 by Auriel Stein; the world's earliest printed book); The Prajna paramita, 868 AD also called the Diamond Sutra is a Mahayana sutra

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