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PREFACE xxi
history. Immediately after my return he charged himself
with the detailed study and publication of all early Chinese records excavated by me, and subsequently very kindly
allowed me to utilize the results of his painstaking labours
for the present volumes. The perusal of almost any chapter dealing with ancient sites will show to what extent my
interpretation of their past must depend on the materials
thus made available to me. It is a special satisfaction to me to know that M. Chavannes' volume dealing with these
early Chinese ` finds ' will soon be ready for publication in
advance of my ` Detailed Report.' M. Paul Pelliot, Professor at the Sorbonne and the successful leader of a French
archaeological mission to Central Asia, has put me under a great obligation by undertaking the inventory of the thousands of old Chinese texts and documents from the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas.
Dr. A. F. Rudolf Hoernle, C.I.E., the pioneer of
Central-Asian studies on the British side, has rendered me very valuable help by his preliminary analysis of all
manuscript ` finds ' in Indian Brahmi script, which are
in one or other of the ` unknown ' languages of Chinese Turkestan. It is reassuring for me to know that the
analysis of the ancient wooden records in Kharoshthi
script discovered on my second journey has been undertaken by the same highly qualified scholars, Professor E. J. Rapson, M. É. Senart, and the Abbé Boyer, who had already bestowed so much critical acumen and labour on the corresponding ' finds ' of my first expedition. To
the Abbé Boyer I am indebted besides for the decipher-
ment of certain important Kharoshthi inscriptions. In
regard to my Sanskrit manuscript materials I have enjoyed equally competent assistance from my friends Dr. L. Barnett and Professor L. de la Vallée Poussin.
For the analysis of the plentiful Tibetan records I had the good fortune to secure the collaboration of an exceptionally qualified expert, Dr. A. H. Francke, of the Moravian
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