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Buddhist sutras, colophons, and inscriptions of donors on the porch of the South Cave, Northern Xiangtangshan Grottoes Zhao, Jinchao

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Wuliangyi jing (無量義經), or the Sutra of Immeasurable Meanings engraved on the front wall of the South Cave. The renowned dedicatory stele of Tang Yong (唐邕) indicates that the engravings were carried out in the years from 568-572. And the date of the date of the donors' colophon shows the inscriptions were inscribed during Longshuo (龍朔) period in the Tang Dynasty.

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Title
Buddhist sutras, colophons, and inscriptions of donors on the porch of the South Cave, Northern Xiangtangshan Grottoes
Creator
Zhao, Jinchao
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2018-07-17
Description
Wuliangyi jing (無量義經), or the Sutra of Immeasurable Meanings engraved on the front wall of the South Cave. The renowned dedicatory stele of Tang Yong (唐邕) indicates that the engravings were carried out in the years from 568-572. And the date of the date of the donors' colophon shows the inscriptions were inscribed during Longshuo (龍朔) period in the Tang Dynasty.
Subject
Northern Xiangtangshan Grottoes; Sūtra; Buddhism; Northern Qi dynasty
Geographic Location
Xiangtangshan Caves (China); Handan Shi (China); 36.5329976851852; 114.159583333333
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Series
Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available
2019-12-02
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0386679
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72495
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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