Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Art and History on the Silk Road |
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At the Desert Gateway to China | 1 |
The Blazing Beacon | 9 |
Lost Treasures of the Silk Road | 31 |
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Abbot Wang ancient artistic Aurel Stein bodhisattvas BRARY British Library Buddha CALIFORNIA caravan Cave 17 Cave 85 caves built ceiling central Asia century Chang'an China Chinese capital cliff face copies culture depicted desert DIEGO LIBRARY DIEGO SAN DIEGO documents Dunhuang Dunhuang Academy Dunhuang region empire ERSITY High Tang dynasty hundred images imperial India Khotan Late Tang dynasty Library Cave Lois Conner Lotus Sutra Mahayana manuscripts ment Mogao caves monasteries Mongol monks murals Museum Neville Agnew Northern Wei Northern Zhou dynasty oasis passed through Dunhuang Pelliot Photo by Lois Photo by Wu pigments Pure Land rulers SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO SAN SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY sand scrolls sculpture shrines Silk Road SITY Stein photo Sui dynasty Taklamakan Tang dynasty Thousand Buddha Tibetan tion Uighur UNIV UNIVERSITY SAN DIEGO visits Dunhuang wall paintings Wei dynasty Western Wei dynasty Western Xia Wu Jian Xiongnu Xuanzang Yuan dynasty Zhang