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0031 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
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ILLUSTRATIONS   xxi

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  1. Specimens of ancient embroidery and tapestries, from the

`Caves of the Thousand Buddhas', Tun-huang (colour)   212

  1. Chinese manuscripts and blockprints from walled-up

temple library of the `Caves of the Thousand Buddhas'   214

  1. Ancient manuscripts in Sanskrit, Central-Asian Brahmi, Sogdian, Manichaean-Turkish, Runic Turkish, Uigur, Tibetan, from walled-up temple library, `Caves of the

Thousand Buddhas'   215
93, 94. Ancient Buddhist banners of silk gauze, . showing

legendary scenes from the life of the Buddha. Recovered from the walled-up chapel, `Caves of the Thousand

Buddhas' (colour) .   220
95, 96. Ancient Buddhist banners of painted silk gauze, show-

ing scenes from the life-story of the Buddha. Recovered from the walled-up chapel, `Caves of the Thousand

Buddhas', Tun-huang (colour)   222

  1.  Ancient Buddhist banner of silk gauze, showing the Bodhisattva Manjusri. From the `Caves of the Thousand

Buddhas', Tun-huang (colour)   •   226

  1.  Ancient Buddhist painting on silk, showing the Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha. From the `Caves of the Thousand

Buddhas', Tun-huang (colour)   •   226

  1.  Ancient Buddhist banners of silk gauze, representing Virupaksha, regent of the south. From the walled-up chapel, `Caves of the Thousand Buddhas', Tun-huang

(colour)   •   228

  1. Ancient Buddhist painting on silk, showing Vaisravana, Regent of the North, moving with divine host across the ocean. Recovered from the walled-up chapel, `Caves of

the Thousand Buddhas', Tun-huang (colour)   .   •   228

  1. Ancient silk painting, representing Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva (Kuanyin), Thousand-armed, with attendant divinities. From walled - up chapel, `Caves of the

Thousand Buddhas', Tun-huang .   230

  1. Paper painting of Avalokitesvara with willow branch, from

Chien-fo-tung Chapel   231

  1. Silk painting of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, from Chtien-

fo-tung Chapel   231