« Khotan, an early center of Buddhism in Chinese Turkestan », in : J. R. McRea and J. Nattier, eds., Collection of essays 1993: Buddhism across boundaries: Chinese Buddhism and the Western Regions. Sanchung, Fo Guang Shan Foundation for Buddhist and Culture Education, 1999, pp. 265-344.

An outline of Khotanese (and Tumshuqese) literature containing several novelties. It deals chiefly with four aspects: « the choice of texts for translation..., the local compositions, ... the translation techniques..., how the Khotanese translations compare with the originals as well as with translations into Tibetan and Chinese » (pp. 292-293). Skjærvø posits an interesting classification of Khotanese texts in three periods on the basis of the language used in them: Old, Middle or Late Khota..