868 CE
Printed copy of the Diamond Sutra
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Canon, translation, and material culture
A printed copy of Kumarajiva’s translation of the Diamond Sutra is dated to 868; the object preserves a documented milestone in Buddhist reproduction and does not by itself mark the origin of all printing.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Dating in the source document
- 868
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- International Dunhuang Programme / British Library — copia impresa del Sutra del Diamante (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification: the source could not be accessed
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
The correspondence between this reference and individual claims has not yet been itemized.
This record is an editorial synthesis. Consult the sources to check claims and their limits. Chronological relationships alone do not establish causation.