Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t4.60

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The *Jāvaka-Pustaka* is a book for medical prescription written in medieval Khotanese and Sanskrit discovered in a Dunhuang cave for preserving Buddhist Sutra. *Jāvaka-Pustaka* was discovered by A Stein in Dunhuang and was later collected by the library in London-India Affairs, (now it is collected by the Collection Department of East-India Affairs in British Library). There it is numbered Ch.ii 003 (the new number is IOL Khot 87-110). *Jāvaka-Pustaka* reflected the influence of Veda medicine in India to medicine in Xinjiang regions of China.