[PuTiDaMo]

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BTW, the oldest paper ever found was found with this area and it has Tocharian A written on it.

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I'd be interested in seeing the source for that. It would seem to be a chronological impossibility, as the earliest Tocharian A documents date from the 6th century CE, which is centuries after even Cai Lun paper.(SRC)

On the other hand, we do know of paper found in a Han Chinese imperial garrison dating from 8 BCE, and it is inscribed with Chinese script.(SRC)

Also, even earlier examples of paper found in Han Chinese tombs in Shaanxi date from around 140 BCE - 87 BCE.(SRC)

[blam]

"I'd be interested in seeing the source for that."

It's contained in the book,The Tarim Mummies, linked in post #10.