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Subject: Sanskrit Text Oldest Example of Printing
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Folks,
A friend of mine send it over to me...very interesting....
Rgs,
VeeJay
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Sanskrit Text Oldest Example of Printing
Source: http://www.cgan.com.hk/english/cpg/engcp10.htm
CHINA, November 25, 2001: The exact year in which woodblock printing
was
invented is still very much debated in academic circles because no
artifacts
or documentary records related to the earliest printing have been
discovered. However, a sheet with mantras of the Dharani Sutra, in
Sanskrit,
printed in the early Tang and unearthed in the suburban district of
Xi'an is
the earliest extant printing relic. A picture of the still readable
sheet is
shown at "source" above. The Dharani Sutra is the teaching of Buddha
on
"Longevity, the extinction of offenses, and the protection of
youngchildren.
