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0491 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
The Pulse of Asia : vol.1 / Page 491 (Color Image)

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408   INDEX

   

Pisha River, 162.

Plague among cattle, 59.

Plain of Lop basin, 100; of Turfan, 296.

Plants, Asiatic, in Europe, 108. Plaques, Buddhist, 173.

Plateaus, 103; block uplift of, 79,

98; dissected, 156; influence of,

chap. v, 106-132, 361. Platonists of Egypt, 369.

Playa of Bojanti, 308.

Pliny, cited, 335, 336.

Plover, 254.

Polyandry in Ladakh, 63, 64. Po valley as battlefield, 360. Pochinza, ruins, 277, 278. "Poisoned" air at high altitudes,

82.

Pokluck, ruins, 309.

Politeness, of Chantos, 198, 230; of Chinese, 230; of Khirghiz, 131. See Courtesy.

Politics and rainfall, 377.

Polo in Ladakh, 54.

Polu, Chanto village, 99, 164, 166. Pomponius Mela, cited, 335, 336. Ponak, Chanto village, 175, 176, 178. Ponds along Tarim River, 264, 265. Pools for drinking-water, 95.

"Poor Man's City," 217.

Poplars, 189, 263. See Vegetation.

Population, of ancient Choka, 160163; of Chinese Turkestan, 138; of Chira region at Mohammedan conquest, 188; of Dandan-Uilik, 188; of Lop basin, 233, 236; of Lulan, 270; of Persia, 317, 325; of Turfan, 311; east of Keriya, 195.

Populist party, cause of, 377.

Post-riding in Siberia, 306.

Potai at Endereh, 214.

Pottery, 173, 174, 186, 187, 203, 204, 213, 214, 216, 263, 265; at Choka and Karaki, 163; illustrations of, 205.

Poverty, of Chantos, 138, 140, 145,

227; of gold-miners, 158; of Khir-

ghiz, 117; of Persians, 234. Prayer, at Imamla, 164; among

Ladakhis, 57-59; at shrines, 160. Prayer-wheels, 59.

Precipitation in Kashmir compared with Ladakh, 49; in Ladakh, 54;

in Lop basin, 93, 94; in Turfan, 302.

Prehistoric remains, 300.

Presents, 141, 186, 303.

Prices, usual, in Chinese Turkestan, 227; exorbitant, in Chinese Turkestan, 133; in India, 88; influenced by war, 88; of camels, 192.

Priests, see Lamas.

Princeton expedition to Syria, 367. Prodigal son, 131.

Products of Turkestan contrasted with those of India, 87.

Prosperity and government, 323. Prosperity of nomads, 117. Provisions in Lop desert, 242. Przhevalski, N., cited, 240, 243, 246,

286.

Ptolemy, cited, 334, 336, 341-343, 354.

Pujiya, Chanto village, 150, 155. Pulsations of climate, 66.

Pumpelly Expedition, 106, 315. Pumpelly, R., 9.

Punishment at Charklik, 242. Purple dress of lamas, 56.

Puski, Chanto village, 147, 148. Putties, or leggins, 34.

Quarrel at Charklik, 241. Quarrels among Chantos, 227. Quetta, city of Baluchistan, 318.

Racial traits, 232.

Raids of Turkomans, 323, 324.

Railroad to Andizhan, 87.

Rainfall, of Kuruk Tagh, 278; of Lop basin, 93, 94, 155; minor changes of, 183; and panics, 376; of Persia, 328; and politics, 377; and sheep, 382; of Turfan, 302; of Turkey, 354; and wheat, 375.

Ramazan, a servant, 81.

Rank, respect paid to, 228. Rapids in Uz-boi, 348.

Rasul, headman, 83-85, 153. Ravens, 82.

Rawak, ruins of, 169, 193, 194, 283; Stein on, 170; journey to, 185187.

Rawal Pindi, Indian city, 35. Rawlinson, H., cited, 329, 340, 341, 343, 345, 347.