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Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China.
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ISBN: 1139923447 1108077544 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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In this two-volume work, published in 1912, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) describes his second expedition to the deserts of Chinese Turkestan in 1906-8. (His account of his first expedition, Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan (1903), is also reissued in this series.) Stein intended this account to be read by non-specialists, and, like his previous book, it is highly illustrated and full of interesting details about his journey and the people he met en route, as well as of the important archaeological discoveries which still link his name with the civilisation of this remote and dangerous area. In Volume 2, Stein describes the discovery of the caves near the great trading post of Dunhuang which contained - walled up and almost perfectly preserved - manuscripts, sculptures, silk cloths, and the Diamond Sutra, the earliest complete and dated example of a printed book, hidden by Buddhist monks nine hundred years previously.


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Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China.
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ISBN: 1139923420 1108077528 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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In this two-volume work, published in 1912, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) describes his second expedition to the deserts of Chinese Turkestan in 1906-8. (His account of his first expedition, Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan (1903), is also reissued in this series.) Stein intended this account to be read by non-specialists, and, like his previous book, it is highly illustrated and full of interesting details about his journey and the people he met en route, as well as of the important archaeological discoveries which still link his name with the civilisation of this remote and dangerous area. In Volume 1, Stein describes the problems of setting up the expedition and the excitement and perils of the route, which took him through the tribal areas of the North-West Frontier and the kingdom of Afghanistan, ending with his arrival at the western extremity of the Great Wall of China.


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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological & Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan
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ISBN: 110725633X 1108069738 Year: 1903 Publisher: Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press

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Between 1900 and 1901, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) made the first of several significant trips through Central Asia. In 1903, he published this account of his journey from Calcutta to London via the deserts of Chinese Turkestan. The text is richly illustrated with photographs of locations on the route followed by Stein's party, as well as of the people they encountered and many of the artefacts they excavated in the vicinity of the ancient oasis town of Khotan. Stein intended his book to be accessible to non-specialists, and his descriptions of the many important archaeological discoveries, such as Sanskrit texts of Buddhist scriptures, are interspersed with compelling human details and anecdotes about traversing the challenging terrain of eastern Central Asia. The work of an indefatigable explorer, this book sheds light on the spread of Graeco-Buddhist culture along the Silk Route.


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On Alexander's track to the Indus : personal narrative of explorations on the north-West frontier of India, carried out under the orders of H.M. Indian Government
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ISBN: 1139923536 1108077609 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) is probably best remembered today for his explorations in Chinese Turkestan, and especially his discovery of the Buddhist treasure of Dunhuang, described in his earlier works, Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan and Ruins of Desert Cathay (also reissued in this series). Stein was equally interested in the territory north-west of the North-West Frontier, and in this highly illustrated 1929 work he describes an expedition to survey the route of Alexander the Great's invasion of India in 326 BCE. Having long been intrigued by 'that comparatively small area to the west of the Indus which Alexander's march of conquest towards India for a brief span of time illuminates as it were with the light of a meteor', and by archaeological remains showing a blend of Hellenistic and Buddhist art, Stein offers a fascinating account of an ancient clash of civilisations.

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Stein, Aurel, --- Alexander, --- Travel --- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) --- Description and travel. --- Antiquities. --- Alejandro, --- Alekjhāṇḍara, --- Aleksandar, --- Aleksander, --- Aleksandr, --- Alekʻsandre, --- Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, --- Alessandro, --- Alexander --- Alexandre, --- Alexandros --- Alexandros, --- Alexandros, Megalos, --- Alexandru, --- Alexantros, --- Aleksandŭr, --- Александър, --- Iskandar, --- Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, --- Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, --- Македонски, Александър, --- Megalexandros, --- Megas Alexandros, --- Nagy Sándor, --- Sikandar, --- Iskender, --- Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος, --- Ἀλέξανδρος --- אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, --- אלכסנדר, --- اسكندر كبير --- اسکندر اعظم --- سکندراعظم --- Stein, M. A. --- Stein, M. Aurel --- Stein, Marcus Aurel, --- Stein, Mark Aurel, --- Stein, Marc Aurel, --- Sitanyin, Aolei'er, --- Sitanyin, Make Aoli'er, --- Ssu-tʻan-yin, --- Ssu, Tʻan-yin, --- Sutain, M. A., --- Sutain, Ōreru, --- Aoxue'er Sitanyin, --- 奥雪尔·斯坦因, --- Pukhtunkhwa (Pakistan) --- Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (Pakistan) --- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (Pakistan) --- K̲h̲aibar Pak̲h̲tūnk̲h̲vā (Pakistan) --- Khybar Pukhtūnkhwā (Pakistan) --- KP --- KPK --- North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) --- Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Pakistan)


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Katalog der Sanskrit-Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek : Sammlungen Marcus Aurel Stein und Carl Alexander von Hügel.
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ISBN: 370011284X 9783700112846 Year: 1990 Volume: 546 23 Publisher: Wien Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

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Manuscripts, Sanskrit --- Manuscrits sanscrits --- Catalogs --- Catalogues --- Hügel, Karl Alexander, --- Stein, Aurel, --- Library --- Bibliothèque --- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek --- Catalogs. --- 091 <436 WIEN> --- 091 =912 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Oostenrijk--WIEN --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Oudindisch. Sanskriet --- Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek --- -Vienna (Austria). --- Vienna (Austria). --- Kayserakan Matenadaran i Vienna --- Vienna. --- Biblioteca Nacional Austríaca --- Bibliothèque nationale d'Autriche --- Biblioteca nazionale di Vienna (Austria) --- Nationalbibliothek Wien --- Austrian National Library --- Maktabah al-Waṭanīyah al-Namsāwīyah --- مكتبة الوطنية النمساوية --- كتابخانه ى ملى اتريش --- Austria. --- -Catalogs --- 091 =912 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Oudindisch. Sanskriet --- 091 <436 WIEN> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Oostenrijk--WIEN --- Hügel, Karl Alexander, --- Bibliothèque --- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek --- Sanskrit manuscripts --- Stein, M. A. --- Stein, M. Aurel --- Stein, Marcus Aurel, --- Stein, Mark Aurel, --- Stein, Marc Aurel, --- Sitanyin, Aolei'er, --- Sitanyin, Make Aoli'er, --- Ssu-tʻan-yin, --- Ssu, Tʻan-yin, --- Sutain, M. A., --- Sutain, Ōreru, --- Aoxue'er Sitanyin, --- 奥雪尔·斯坦因, --- Hügel, Carl Alexander Anselm, --- Hügel, Carl Alexander, --- Hügel, Carl, --- Hugel, Charles, --- Von Hügel, Karl Alexander, --- Manuscripts [Sanskrit] --- Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek --- Vienna (Austria). Österreichische Nationalbibliothek --- Vienna (Austria). Biblioteca Nacional Austríaca --- Vienna (Austria). Kayserakan Matenadaran --- Vienna. Nationalbibliothek --- Austria. Nationalbibliothek --- Manuscripts, Sanskrit - Austria - Vienna - Catalogs. --- Mss Wien --- Mss sanscrits --- Österreichische nationalbibliothek --- Fonds speciaux --- Manuscrits

Tibetan Tantric manuscripts from Dunhuang
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ISSN: 15686183 ISBN: 9004154221 9789004154223 9786611400750 1281400750 9047411145 9789047411147 9781281400758 6611400753 Year: 2006 Volume: 12 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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Since their discovery a century ago, the Dunhuang manuscripts have revolutionized the study of Asian religions. Until recently, however, the rich materials relating to esoteric tantric Buddhism have been largely ignored. This volume provides an indispensable doorway into these materials. An introduction summarizes the discovery, worldwide dissemination and general character of these Tibetan treasures. The catalogue entries provide introductory discussions of the manuscripts' contents, in addition to reordering the often scrambled folios, linking them to their long-lost counterparts in other collections, and matching them with corresponding texts in the Tibetan canon. The catalogue includes indices to Tibetan and Sanskrit titles, names and terms, as well as all Pelliot manuscripts referenced. The result is an invaluable resource for scholars of Buddhism.

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Tantric Buddhism --- Manuscripts, Tibetan --- Manuscripts --- Stein, Aurel, --- Library --- British Library --- Dunhuang manuscripts --- 091 <41 LONDON> --- 091 =954 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Tibetaanse talen --- 091 =954 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Tibetaanse talen --- 091 <41 LONDON> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- Tibetan manuscripts --- Buddhism, Tantric --- Buddhist tantrism --- Esoteric Buddhism --- Mantrayāna Buddhism --- Mikkyō --- Tantrism, Buddhist --- Vajrayāna Buddhism --- Buddhism --- Mahayana Buddhism --- Stein, M. A. --- Stein, M. Aurel --- Stein, Marcus Aurel, --- Stein, Mark Aurel, --- Stein, Marc Aurel, --- Sitanyin, Aolei'er, --- Sitanyin, Make Aoli'er, --- Ssu-tʻan-yin, --- Ssu, Tʻan-yin, --- Sutain, M. A., --- Sutain, Ōreru, --- Aoxue'er Sitanyin, --- 奥雪尔·斯坦因, --- BL --- Tun-huang manuscripts --- British library --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--LONDON --- British Museum --- B.L. (British Library) --- Great Britain. --- Sifriyah ha-Briṭit --- Ying-kuo tʻu shu kuan --- Da Ying tu shu guan --- 大英图书馆 --- Tantric Buddhism - Manuscripts - Catalogs. --- Manuscripts, Tibetan - England - London - Catalogs. --- Stein, Aurel, - Sir, - 1862-1943 - Library - Catalogs. --- Stein, Aurel, - Sir, - 1862-1943

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