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Eight Great Events in the Life of the Buddha: Folios and Covers from a Pancaraksha Manuscript
Not on view
This traditional Indian manuscript is the oldest form of the book recorded in India. It is known from the second century A.D. The earliest example with painted illuminations dates from the eleventh century.
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