Turfan manuscripts

Turfan manuscripts refers to Sanskrit manuscripts found in Turfan, in current day Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang). The manuscripts, along with blockprints, 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)