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Diamond Sutra of Dunhuang
The Diamond Sutra of Dunhuang is a Chinese woodblock-printed copy of the Diamond Sutra, a Mahayana Buddhist scripture, dated to 868 in the Tang dynasty. Found in 1900 in the sealed library cave of the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang and acquired by Aurel Stein in 1907, it is the oldest surviving dated printed book. It is held by the British Library in London.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Diamond Sutra of Dunhuang. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/diamond-sutra-of-dunhuang
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