How machine learning was used to decode an ancient Chinese cave – Times of India

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The name of the cell, a prosaic Cave 465, does not quite convey the cornucopia of imagery it contains angry Tantric deities in frenzied sexual union with their consorts. For decades, researchers have tried figuring out how old the Buddhist cave temple at the Mogao site along the ancient Silk Road in China is. Estimates range from the 9th century to the 14th. But now, the discovery of hidden Sanskrit inscriptions on pieces of paper stuck to its ceiling have helped narrow down its origins.On the edge of the Gobi desert, by the Dachuan river, the Mogao Caves have baffled researchers, who have settled on a thousand-year window for when all the 492 caves were carved out of cliffs, one at a long time, starting in the 4th century CE. Each cell, at first, appears isolated in its own history, linked to others through a grid of associations established by identifying pigments, painting styles or plain old radiocarbon dating. But Cave 465, to the north of the site, is unique.

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