Central Asia – Dharma Documentaries

Bopearachchi, Spread of Gandhāra Art

How the Buddhist art of Gandhāra spread to Central Asia and China is shown by Osmund Bopearachchi

The last of five films about people who were connected with Dunhuang features the history of Hong Bian, whose family cave became the Library Cave.

The second of five films about people who were connected with Dunhuang features the Governor Cang Ci.

The first of five films about people who were connected with Dunhuang features the general Ban Chao.

A look at the introduction of Buddhist sculptures in China and their development over the centuries.

A look at the the murals of one of the thousand Buddha cave sites along the silk road (French narration, English subtitles).

A film looking at the connected lives of Aurel Stein and Xuan Zang.

The fourth of five films from NHK about the western end of the Silk Road, this one looks at Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

A trip along the Silk Roads from east to west of Xinjiang by the travel writer Colin Thubron (English with Mandarin subtitles).

First of four documentaries about eminent Buddhists in the old Chinese capital city (Mandarin, with English subtitles)