Turfan manuscripts

Turfan manuscripts refers to Sanskrit manuscripts found in Turfan, in current day Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang). The manuscripts, along with woodblock-prints, are known as the "Turfan collection". The collection was brought to Berlin by four German expeditions to Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang) between 1902 and 1914.

See also: Manuscript collections

External links

• Sanskrit Manuscipts in the Turfan Collection
• Turfan Studies (Berlin)
• German Turfan expeditions (Wikipedia)
• Bezeklik Caves (Wikipedia)