The author reflects on his own fifty-year voyage of discovery of Asia, culminating in a journey to far western China in 2018; to Dunhuang, the oasis town on the fringe of the Gobi and Lop deserts that for centuries gave access to the Silk Roads - and to the 'Caves of a Thousand Buddhas'. These temple-caves once concealed the world's oldest printed book, known as the Diamond Sutra, but as he contemplates the significance of the missing sutra and an empty cave, he finds himself confronted by the world's oldest question.
By:
Trevor Hay Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 418g ISBN:9781922454911 ISBN 10: 1922454915 Publication Date:01 March 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
