Manuscripts and Travellers: The Sino-Tibetan Documents of a Tenth-Century Buddhist Pilgrim

by Imre Galambos, Sam Van Shaik, Sam Van Schaik

This study is based on a manuscript which was carried by a Chinese monk through the monasteries of the Hexi corridor, as part of his pilgrimage from Wutaishan to India. The manuscript has been created as a composite object from three separate documents, with Chinese and Tibetan texts on them. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction addressed to the heads of monasteries along the route, functioning as a passport when passing through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110225646
• ISBN13: 9783110225648
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary