Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition

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Central Asian expedition Silk Road expedition archaeological expedition

Aurel Stein’s second Central Asian expedition was an early 20th-century archaeological and geographical journey across Central Asian deserts that yielded major discoveries of ancient manuscripts, art, and ruins along the Silk Road.

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instanceOf Central Asian expedition ⓘ
Silk Road expedition ⓘ
archaeological expedition ⓘ
collected Buddhist manuscripts ⓘ
Chinese manuscripts ⓘ
Khotanese manuscripts ⓘ
Sanskrit manuscripts ⓘ
Tibetan manuscripts ⓘ
murals ⓘ
silk paintings ⓘ
wooden administrative documents ⓘ
countryOfOrigin British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
documented Buddhist cave temples ⓘ
fortified outposts ⓘ
ruins of Silk Road settlements ⓘ
endDate 1908 ⓘ
exploredRegion Chinese Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taklamakan Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarim Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xinjiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
leader Aurel Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy major collections in the British Library ⓘ
major collections in the British Museum ⓘ
major contribution to Silk Road studies ⓘ
mainRegion Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSiteInvestigated Dunhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Endere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loulan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mirān NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mogao Caves NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niya NERFINISHED ⓘ
obtainedFrom Dunhuang Library Cave manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose archaeological exploration ⓘ
geographical exploration ⓘ
survey of ancient Silk Road sites ⓘ
reportedIn Ruins of Desert Cathay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serindia NERFINISHED ⓘ
result discovery of ancient manuscripts ⓘ
discovery of sculptures ⓘ
discovery of wall paintings ⓘ
discovery of wooden documents ⓘ
mapping of Central Asian deserts ⓘ
routeFollowed Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsoredBy Archaeological Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1906 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
transport camel caravans ⓘ
usedMethod archaeological excavation ⓘ
epigraphic recording ⓘ
photographic documentation ⓘ
topographical surveying ⓘ

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