Manuscripts and travellers: the Sino-Tibetan documents of a tenth-century Buddhist pilgrim

This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk stopped in monasteries on his way. The man...

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Published in:Studies in manuscript cultures
Authors: Van Schaik, Sam 1972- (Author) ; Galambos, Imre (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2012
In: Studies in manuscript cultures (2)
Year: 2012
Series/Journal:Studies in manuscript cultures 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Tibet / Pilgrimage / Buddhism / Dunhuang manuscripts
B Gansu-Korridor / Pilgrimage / Buddhism / History 960-1000
Further subjects:B Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages (China)
B Buddhism
B Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
B Pilgrimage
B China
B PHILOSOPHY / Generals
B Tibet
B Spring
B Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages (Tibet Region)
B Handschriften
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