Library Cave
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Library Cave is a renowned sealed chamber within the Mogao Caves complex that housed a vast cache of ancient manuscripts, paintings, and documents crucial to the study of Silk Road history and Buddhist culture.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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cave shrine ⓘ manuscript cache ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cave 17
NERFINISHED
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Dunhuang Library Cave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aurel Stein
NERFINISHED
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Otani Kozui expedition ⓘ Paul Pelliot NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian expeditions to Central Asia ⓘ |
| contains |
Buddhist scriptures
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Chinese texts ⓘ Khotanese texts ⓘ Manichaean texts ⓘ Nestorian Christian texts ⓘ Sanskrit texts ⓘ Sogdian texts ⓘ Taoist texts ⓘ Tibetan texts ⓘ Uighur texts ⓘ administrative records ⓘ ancient manuscripts ⓘ contracts ⓘ documents ⓘ letters ⓘ non-Buddhist texts ⓘ paintings ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ scrolls ⓘ sutras ⓘ |
| currentStatus | largely emptied of original manuscripts ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Wang Yuanlu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1900 ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Mogao Caves" ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
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Dunhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ Gansu Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Mogao Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscriptsNowIn |
Bibliothèque nationale de France
NERFINISHED
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British Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ National Library of China NERFINISHED ⓘ various museums and libraries worldwide ⓘ |
| onRoute | Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mogao Caves complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sealedIn | 11th century ⓘ |
| significance |
major source for the study of Buddhist art and iconography
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major source for the study of Central Asian Buddhism ⓘ major source for the study of Silk Road history ⓘ major source for the study of medieval Chinese history ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th to 11th centuries ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSince | 1987 ⓘ |
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