1974年冬,在中国新疆吐鲁番地区,发现了吐火罗文A本《弥勒会见记剧本》(Maitreyasamitinataka)残卷44叶(88页)。虽然很不完全,但它是迄今为止所发现的这个文献最长的手稿残叶,因此有必要给予高度的重视。手稿原件是用中亚叙体波罗迷文写在长约32公分,宽约18.5公分的发黄的纸上。多数页子上写8行,少数只有6行。由于被火烧过,残稿缺损严重,以致没有一页,甚致一行是完 In the winter of 1974, in the Turpan region of Xinjiang, China, a 44-leaf (88 pages) of Maitreyasamitinataka fragment was found in Tocharian A. Although incomplete, it is the longest manuscript left in the literature so far found, and therefore needs to be given high priority. Original manuscripts are written in Central Asian Symphony Polo in the length of about 32 cm, 18.5 cm wide yellow paper. Most pages write 8 lines, a handful of only 6 lines. As a result of being burned, the residual draft is so defective that there is no page, even a single one is finished