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Paul Eugène Pelliot
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Type of entity
Person
Dates of existence
28 May 1878 – 26 October 1945
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History
Paul Eugène Pelliot was a French sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and the Silk Road regions, and for his acquisition of many important Tibetan Empire-era manuscripts and Chinese texts at the Sachu printing centre storage caves (Dunhuang), known as the Dunhuang manuscripts.
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