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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

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GENERAL INDEX

fibre string matting, see matting.

fields : ` delimitation of celestial fields ', 755 ; distribution of, referred to in Tibetan docs., 1464.

figurines, see human figures, terra-cotta. fillet, see designs.

Finch, William, refers to Chiayil kuan, 1126n. 26.

finials, wooden : (Khadalik) 162, r 94 sqq.; (Tun-huang) 669, 775, 777 ; (` Mingoi') 1193, 1197, 1212, 1216; (Khôra) 1224, 1228 sq.

fir forest, in Akchik Valley, 89 ; in Nanshan, 1129.

fir wood, used for documents, 598.

fire : hardens decorative stucco, 136, 6or, I191 sq. ; possible contributory cause of abandonment of settlements, 274, 1095, 1103; evidence of destruction by, 378, 390, 453, 68o, 698, Ix65, I185, 1188, 1190, 1225, 1287, 1309 ; no signs of, at Mirân ruined shrine (M. II), 489 ; shrines elsewhere destroyed by, 1152, 1187, 1195, 1266.

fire-blocks, see fire-sticks.

fire-drills, 238, 24o, 253, 267 ; handle of thong for, 193, 222, 253, 266, 445.

fire-places : (Khadalik) 159, 279 ; (Niya) 235, 239, 279, (Endere) 279 ; (Loulan) 378 ; (Man) 459 ; (Tun-huang) 645 ; (Chong-hassar) 1162 ; (FarhadBeg-yailaki) 1247 sq.; (Hanguya Tati) 1266 ; lack of chimneys, 280.

fire-signals, records of, in Limes docs., 636, 65o, 679, 719, 749 n•, 752 sqq. ; stacks of reed fascines for, see reed fascines ; observation of signals facilitated by positions of Limes watchtowers, 604, 635, 638, 641, 737; structures heightened to improve visibility of 1227 ; early use of, as a system of optic telegraphy, 65o, 752, 1125 ; importance of signal service, 752 sq. ; use of flash-signals (chit huo), xxiii, 753 ; f€ng (day) and sui (night) signals, 753 ; signals to stations within cultivated area, 754 ; traces of fires on towers, 754 ; use of signals, recorded by de Busbeq in 16th cent., I 125.

fire-sticks: evidence of early use of, 233 sq., 38o ; finds : (Niya) 233, 235, 238, 263 sq., 266; (Endere) 276, 290 ; (Lou-lan) 38o, 436; (Tun-huang) 597, 605, 680, 774, 787, 7 90 ; (FarhâdBeg-yailaki) 1249, 1259.

fire-worshippers (Guebers), 66.

Firina, name in Kharosthi inscr., 495.

fish, figures of : in fresco, 179 ; on porcelain, 631 ; as emblem in paintings, moo, 1068.

fish-hook, wooden, 784.

fish-tailed monster, in drawing, 974. fishing in Mirân stream, 466.

fishing-nets : finds, (Mirân) 465, 48o,

482 ; (Mazar-tagh) 1288, 1294 sq. ; used in paper-making, 674.

flageolet type of musical instrument, in silk banner painting, 1468.

flames, emblem of, rising from shoulders, in paintings, 874, 942, 956, 994, 1052, 1213. See also designs, haloes.

flask, as emblem, in frescoes and paintings, 169, 177, 180 sq., 937 sqq. passim, 1260 sq.

flax fibres, in 'canvas ' of paintings, 846. flaying-knife, in fresco, 168.

fleur-de-lis, see designs.

flint flakes, 631, 1240. See also ' knife-blades', stone implements.

floods: erosion by, 452, 612, 628, 642, 663 ; destruction by, 614 ; cultivation damaged by, 1310 ; close route near Marl-bashi, 131 r.

floral designs, see designs.

floral motifs in textile decoration, 904 sqq. See also designs.

florets, see saffron.

flower-vase (?), pottery, r 19.

flowers: abundance of, in Lower Swat, 13; artificial, 496, 542 sq., 894, 954, 967, I000, 1087. See also designs.

flute, transverse : in silk paintings, 949,

961, 977, 998, &c., passim, 1467 sq. ;

on terra-cotta figurine, 99, 103, 1468. flute-player, on terra-cotta, 103.

fluting, on terra-cotta, 112, 121, 123. fly-whisk, on seal impression, 261. fodder, in Tibetan docs., 1465.

foliage, see designs.

foliate designs, see designs.

folklore : of ancient Khotan, 165 ; about sand-buried ` old towns ', 1234 ; in Uch-Turfân district, 1301 ; tenacity of, 1302.

food-supply, record of, in Limes docs., 690, 756 sqq., 1290.

foot-bridge, remains of ancient, 24o. foot-holds, on Limes watch-towers, 571,

651, 654, 738, 1I19.

foot measures, see Chinese measures.

footprints : traces of patrols' footprints along Limes wall, 656 sq., 682, 692 ; own footprints traced after seven years, 639 n. 17, 657.

foreign auxiliaries employed by Chinese,

653.

forts, mentioned : (Chitral) 34-6; (Wakhan) 64, 66; (Taghash) 76 ; (Endere) 270;. (N. of Lop-nôr) 358 ; (Tunhuang) 283 ; described : (Sanöghar) 45 ; (Noghoro-dök) 46 sq. ; (Shuyist) 5o sq. ; (Kansir) 68-70 ; (Pisling) 76; (Khakanning-shahri) 81 ; (Langhru) 96 ; (Endere, q. v.) 272, 275; (Miràn, q. v.) 347 sq., 456 sqq. ; (Merdektim) 352 ; (Tun-huang, q. v.) 574 ; (Shih-êrh-tun) 726, 1137 ; (Shih-paoch'êng) I I 15 ; (Chong-hassar) 1161 ; (0i-tam) 1177 ; (Chong-1(61) 1181 ; Chokkur) 1182 ; (Bash-eghin) 1228;

(Chong-tim) 1307. See also Chia-yu • kuan, Mazar-tagh, Ulûgh-mazar.

FOSTER, Mr. William, help given by, xx. Fou-c/z'ang, military company, 747 n. Fou-lo, place-name (?), 133o.

FOUCHER, M. A.: help given by, xviii sq.; on identity of Hi-lo mountain, 16 ; on Apalala legend and ` white water', 16 n. ; on trefoil arch, 23 ; types of Stupa mentioned by, 37, 38 n. ; his clocheton d'ombrelles ', 38; on Buddhist Viharas, • 71 ; on architectural decoration in Graeco-Buddhist sculpture, 486 ; on Miran wall-paintings, 498, 502, 521 ; help with Ch'ien-fotung paintings, 833, 835 sq., 84o, 848 ; on blanks in MSS. in place of miniatures, 842 n. 28 ; revises Petrucci's essay on ` Mandalas ', 1400.

` Four Books ', the Chinese, MS. fr. of, 918.

` Four Encounters ', paintings of, 849 sq.,

853 n. 39, 854 n. 45, 857, 1062, 1065. four-footed beast, shank of bronze seal

in form of, 269.

Four Garrisons ', Yen-ch'i one of, I 181. Four Imams, legend of, at Kapak-aste, 1320. See also Tört-Imâm[lar].

FRANCKE, Rev. Dr. A. H. : help given by, xviii ; on Tibetan does., 162, 46o, 462, 467 sqq., 1289, 1460 sqq.; on the term thing, 286 n.

FRANKE, Prof. O. on the Tochari, 287 n. 3.

Fravashis, Zoroastrian doctrine of, 511.

FREEMAN, Mr. C. E., help given by, xx sq.

frescoes : method of mounting cut panels, 499 n. 9 ; term used in special sense, 166, 794 ; difficulties of ` fresco cutting' at Ch'ien-fo-tung, 927 n. a ; finds: (Miragram) 48 ; (Ak-terek) 139, 145 ; (Khadalik, q. v.) 155 sqq., 166 sqq., 175 sqq., 188 ; (Darabzandong) zoo ; (Domoko) 201; (Loulan, q. v.) 405, 449 ; (Mirân, q. v.) 499 sqq. ; (Ch'ien-fo-tung) 926 sqq.; (Ara-tam) 1152, 1 158 ; (llikul) r 155 ; (Chong-hassar) 1162, 1169 sqq. ; (Kichik-hassar) 1165, 1172-4; (Varkhoto) 1168, x175; (' Ming-oi') 1195, 1202, 1213 sqq., 1220; (Khôra) 1224; (Farhad-Beg-yailaki) 1247, 1249, 1252 sq., 1257, 126o sqq. ; (Kara-yantak) 1262, 1267 sqq. ; (Tàrishlak) 1275. See also animal figures, BUDDHA, human figures, &c. ; mural decoration, panels.

frets, see designs.

friezes : carved wooden, (Khadalik) 166, 180 ; stucco (` Ming-oi ') I I go sqq., 12 I 1 ; mode of fixing, 1192. See also Gandhara, Mirân.

Friydna, name in Kharosthi inscr.,

495.

frontier territories, see border commands. frontiers, police control of, 679 sq., 693 sq. frost-bite, injury from, 1326 sq.