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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 1st century
date QS:P571,+050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
Or. 14915, part 31
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Gandhara Buddhist birchbark scroll fragments (c. 1st century CE). Present-day east Afghanistan/north-west Pakistan. British Library

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