Grey Schist Gandhara
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H:72cm,W:50cmThis sutra originated very early and spread extremely well. According to scholars, it was produced around the first century BC, but some scholars from the perspective of linguistics believe that it was produced in the second to third century BC. It is an early Mahayana classic. Its name is mentioned in the Mahabnibbana Sutra, Upasai Sutra and other sutras, and its text has been quoted in the Great Wisdom and Degree Treatise, etc., for which the world relatives wrote Upasai (Discussion, personal biography, Mantra). There are two Chinese translations). It was widely popular in ancient India and Nepal for a long time. So far, more than 40 kinds of Sanskrit manuscripts have been found distributed in Kashmir, Nepal, Xinjiang and Tibet of China.
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Grey Schist Gandhara
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