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Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK podcaster& Jaipur Literature Festival co-director; Mehrauli goatherd & kabooter baz. Writes the occasional book

Oct 14, 2021, 14 tweets

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The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

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The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

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The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

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The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

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The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

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The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

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The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

More faces from Kizil
The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

More faces from Kizil
The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

More faces from Kizil
The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

More faces from Kizil
The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

More faces from Kizil
The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

More faces from Kizil
The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

More faces from Kizil
The first meeting of Indian and Chinese art-- with Persian, Central Asian, Zoroastrian and Manichean influences- at the Kizil Buddhist Caves near Turfan in Xinjiang, c350CE

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