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What was the first book?

The Diamond Sutrais considered the first published book. It was written and printed with wood blocks on scrolls in 868 A.D. in China. British archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein discovered The Diamond Sutra in 1907 in the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas at Kansu, China.

Further Information: Vervliet, H. D. The Book Through 5,000 Years. New York: Phaidon, 1972; Diamond Sutra. [Online] Available http://www3.10pht.com/-gild/diamond.html, October 23, 2000; Diamond Sutra. [Online] Available http://www.bl.uk/diglib/treasures/diamond-sutra.htm, November 4, 2000.

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