Bo Bi, Nicholas Sims-Williams. Sogdian Documents from Khotan in the Museum of Renmin University of China

This small volume is the result of a fruitful cooperation over the last years. It presents the edition, with commentary, glossary and photos, of thirteen Sogdian fragments kept in the Museum of Renmin University of China; these are part of a collection of manuscripts which was acquired by the University in 2010 and contains texts in Iranian languages (Sogdian and Khotanese), Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese. Coming apparently from the Khotan region, they share the origin of some of the “Turco-S..