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Creator

Unknown

Title

Folio 1 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Collection

Nepalese Art

Creation date

Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Culture

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Paper: Nepal, Kathmandu

Technique

Palm leaf backed with yellow paper