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VIII-1-B-17

Title Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 Subtitle Under Command of Sir T.D. Forsyth, K.C.S.I., C.B., Bengal Civil Service, with Historical and Geographical Information Regarding the Possessions of the Ameer of Yarkund Description Report on Sir T. D. Forsyth's travel to Yarkund, where he made researches on Turkistan and Yakub Beg in 1873. Forsyth had a great interest in history and archaeology in this region, evoked by a report by a British surveyor, William Johnson, who had surveyed Taklamakan Desert in 1860's and had reported the existence of ancient cities near Khotan. This report contains numerous buried ancient ruins and relics (e.g., image of Buddha, ca. 10th century) along with plenty of photographs of those days. Year of Publication 1875 Location of Publication India / Calcutta Volume Information 1 Volume ISO639-1 English ISO639-3 eng

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VIII-1-B-17 > V-1

Title Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 Subtitle Under Command of Sir T.D. Forsyth, K.C.S.I., C.B., Bengal Civil Service, with Historical and Geographical Information Regarding the Possessions of the Ameer of Yarkund Volume vol.1 Author T. D. Forsyth Description Report on Sir T. D. Forsyth's travel to Yarkund, where he made researches on Turkistan and Yakub Beg in 1873. Forsyth had a great interest in history and archaeology in this region, evoked by a report by a British surveyor, William Johnson, who had surveyed Taklamakan Desert in 1860's and had reported the existence of ancient cities near Khotan. This report contains numerous buried ancient ruins and relics (e.g., image of Buddha, ca. 10th century) along with plenty of photographs of those days. Year of Publication 1875 Measurements (cm) 28x23

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