texts composed indian scholars revered tibetan tradition ref name lopez busc ref buddhist textual history vast manuscriptsmostly buddhist non buddhistwere discovered dunhuang chinese cave alone ref name lopez busc early buddhist texts gandhara birchbark scroll fragments c st century british library collection early buddhist texts refers literature considered modern scholars earliest buddhist material first four pali nikayas corresponding chinese gamas generally considered among earliest material apart also fragmentary collections ebt
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