[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c34.276 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.276 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.276 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c34.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.276) \*\*Gilgit\*\* (33°55'; 74°17'), where a mass of birch-bark and paper manuscripts were found in 1931 entombed in a circular chamber inside the dome of a \*stūpa\*. The manuscripts, written in characters of 6th-7th century, are of immense importance, some of them known till then only in their Chinese and Tibetan translations. The chamber also contained clay \*stūpas\* with tiny tablets bearing the Buddhist creed. There are two other adjacent \*stūpas\* here. - [Previous: v2.c34.275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.275) - [Next: v2.c34.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.277) - [Up: v2.c34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c34.276) · Pramāṇa