Ruins of Desert Cathay 192 - Ancient manuscripts in Sanskrit, Central-Asian Brahmi, Sogdian, Manichaean-Turkisth, Runic Turki, Uigur, Tibetan, from walled up temple library, 'Thousand Buddhas', Tun-huang - 1 Sanskrit Prajna-paramita text on palm leaves. -2 Roll of Manichaean 'Confession of Sin' in early Turkish. - 3 Book in Runic Turki. - 4-6 Uigur texts in book form. - 5 Pothi in Central-Asian Brahmi script. - 7 Text in cursive Central-Asian Brahmi written on reverse of Chinese MS. roll. - 8 Roll of Sogdian text. - 9 Leaf of Tibetan Buddhist Pothi. |