The British Museum

Treasures of the Silk Road

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This website features the Museum's collection of material from the Silk Road, in particular those artefacts discovered in the 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas', or Qianfodong at Mogao, south-east of Dunhuang in western China.

Each artefact has detailed information, bibliographic references and high quality images. The links on the right take you directly to some of the main groups of objects, or you can search the database.

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Bodhisattva
菩薩

Buddha
佛陀

Paintings & Drawings
繪畫圖畫

Prints
印刷品

Sutra
佛經

Textiles
紡織品

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