Directory of Dunhuang Resources

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A town in Gansu province, China, which was part of the old Silk Road between China and the west. It is famous for its grottoes which contain Buddhist paintings and statues.

Resources in This Category

• Dunhuang Caves In China

  http://www.crystalinks.com/chinacaves.html
  A great introduction to the caves of Dunhuang: what they are, who created them, and what they mean.

• Dunhuang, Photographs of the Dunes

  http://www1.kcn.ne.jp/~narikawa/text/preview/dunhuang/dunhuang.htm
  Photographs of the dunes at Dunhuang by M. Kageyama.

• Dunhuang: The Silk Road Trip: China Tour

  http://www.chinavista.com/travel/dunhuang/main.html
  A tour of silk-road era Dunhuang with information including lots of dates about the Moago Grottoes and other sights.

• International Dunhuang Project

  http://idp.bl.uk/
  An enormous database of manuscripts and other documents from Dunhuang and other parts of Central Asia.

• Silkroad Foundation | Dunhuang Studies

  http://www.silk-road.com/dunhuang/dhintro.html
  Provides images, a historical timeline, bibliography and news of events.

 

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