īy the ninth century, printing on paper had taken off, and the first extant complete printed book containing its date is the Diamond Sutra ( British Library) of 868. The document is estimated to have been created no later than AD 704. A copy of the Buddhist Dharani Sutra called the Pure Light Dharani Sutra ( Korean: 무구정광대다라니경 Hanja: 無垢淨光大陀羅尼經 RR: Mugu jeonggwang dae darani-gyeong), discovered in Gyeongju, in a Silla dynasty pagoda that was repaired in AD 751, was undated but must have been created sometime before the reconstruction of the Shakyamuni Pagoda of Bulguk Temple, Kyongju Province in AD 751. In Korea, an example of woodblock printing from the eighth century was discovered in 1966. Woodblock printing appeared by the end of the 7th century. The earliest examples of ink-squeeze rubbings and potential stone printing blocks appear in the mid-sixth century in China. Main article: History of printing in East Asia
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