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I 56   GENERAI. INDEX

677 n. ; (Tun-huang) 373 sq., 383, 569, boo, 636, 655, 67o, 676 sq., 681, 684,687,70osgq.,719sq•, 768, 770Sq•, 773, 775-86, 788 ; (Chien-fo-tung) 811, 982 sq., 988, moo, 1007; (Kara-dong) 1243 (1); (Farhad-Beg•.yailaki) 1257. See also paintings.

muslin-like, 482.

painted frs., 167, 171 sq., 189. paintings on, see banners, paintings. plain cloths', 897.

printed : (Balawaste) 197, 200 ; (111iran) 481 ; (Ch'ien-fo-tung) got, 984-8, 991, 993, 1005, 1007, 1012, I027, 1029, 1070 ; Chinese designs in, 905 ; designs from ` Sassanian ' models, 910 sq. ; (` Ming-oi 1220.

ribbed, 897, 988.

rolls, painted or traced, 1004 sq., 1029.

satin frs., 982.

stencilled, Chinese designs in, 905. string for cross-bow, mentioned in Limes doc., 605.

tapestry, 900, 9Ö1, 950, 97o, 987, 1050, 1071 ; Chinese designs in, 905. tassels, in bronze holder, 946, I000. thread, 25o.

trade : ancient Chinese, evidence of, at Lou-lan, 373, 383 ; at Tun-huang, 701 sqq. ; early trade with west, 676, 701, 703 sq. ; Ptolemy's notice, 676 ; importance of China's silk trade route, 407; antiquity of silk-weaving in China, got sq.; relations between silk industries of Near East and China, 902 ; decorative textile motifs, propagated by silk trade through Central Asia, 902 sq.; textile industry of Sogdiana, 909; trade at Su-chou, 1126.

twill, frs., 992, I000 ; weave, 897 sq. valance, see s. v.

votive patchwork, goo, 1000, 1069 sq.

votive rags' 899, 1198, 1220. weaving on bamboo MS.-roll covers, 906, Io18.

silkworms, goddess of (` silk princess '), 1278.

silver : relative value of silver and gold, in Tibetan dots., 1465 ; finds : ball of (?), 1294 ; coin of Jani Beg Khan, 1348, 1350 ; relief ornament, 317. See also pendant, rings.

silver - mining, in W. Kuruk - tagh, 1177.

Simhagarjita-pramukhah, named in MS. fr., 1435.

Sin-tu (Indus), Wu-k'ung on, 19.

Singer (Kizil-sangir), Shan located at, 334 ; routes through, 334, 1163, 1166, 1177 n. I.

Sino-KharoWfi coins : (Yotkan) lox, 1340 sq., 1349 ; (Khotan) 102, 1841, 1342, 1349 ; (Kine-tokmak 1842 ; (Ulugh-mazâr) 1264, 1347 ; (Chalma-

kazân) z 267, 1347 ; (Yarkand) 1340, 1349.

Sipa, statistics of population and cultivation of, 1319 n. 2.

Sipanj, see Sad Sipanj.

s:pil, see circumvallations.

sistrum, in silk painting, 1468.

sitara, in fresco, 177.

site-marks ': system followed in marking objects, xv. n. 16 ; value of, 836, 852 n. 33.

sitting platforms, see platforms.

giva's trident, on inscribed rock at Gahirat, 34.

givaitic deities, in paintings, 87o.

Siyelik, near Ak-terek : Buddhist temple remains at, 139 sq. ; stuccos found similar to those from Ak-terek, 139 ; hardness due to accidental burning, ib.; effect cf physical changes on remains, 140 ; small Stûpa mounds, :b. ; pottery débris and human bones, ib. ; Descriptive List of objects, 141-53.

` sizing ' in paper, see paper.

Sizütke, lake, 294.

skeletons, human : (Niya) 223 sq., 236; (So-yang-ch'êng) 1104 ; (Gumbaz, Korla) 1235 ; (Ulûgh-mazar) 1263.

sketches in colour, traces of, (Endere) 279. See also paintings.

skewers, iron, 768 sq., 775, 784, 788. skins, see inflated skins.

skulls, human : (Ulùgh-mazar) 1270 ; represented in stucco relievo frs., (` Ming-oi') 1195, 1208, 1220.

slag : bronze, (Vash-shahri) 3 t 6 ; (Lou-Ian) 429 sq., 432, 437, 439 ; (Miran) 482 ; (Chong-tim) 1315; glass, (Lou-Ian) 393, 431 ; (Hsi-êrh-tun?) 767 ; lead, (Lou-lan) 432 ; doubtful, (N. of Lop-nor) 363 sq., 367. See also reeds (calcined frs.).

slate : black flake, 365 ; grey fr., 119 ; hone-stone, see s. v. ; sandy slab, 364 ; splinters, ib.

slatestone, figurine, zoo, 122.

slaves : export of, 26 ; Pakhpuluk, 89 ; mentioned in Limes doc., 690 ; Tib. doc. relating to sale of, 1463.

`Sleep of the women ', in paintings, 857 sq.

sleeping platforms, see platforms.

sling, goat's hair, 465, 478.

slipper : felt, fr., 773 ; woven fabric, 401, 446. See also shoes.

`slips', see Chinese wooden slips, stationery, tablets.

im : phonetic change im>sm>sp>ss> s, 5.

SMITH, Mr. Reginald A., help given by, xix, 357.

smoke-signals, see fire-signals.

snail-shells, 354, 368.

snake : skin and skeleton of, 775 ; in terra-cotta fr., z z 2 ; stucco relief frs., 1216 ; head of, in painted wood, 661,

773 ; on bronze tongue (1), 3x7 ; in paintings, 98o, 1044, 1052, 1078, 1o8o sq. See also Nagas.

Snow mountains, see Karlik-tagh, Ts'ungling.

So. = So-yang-ch'êng, q. v.

So-ch'e : in Later Han Annals, 83, 87 ; in mod. Chinese administration, 83 ; identified with Yarkand, ib. ; subject to Huns, 83 ; Pan Chao on, 331.

So-cha (Yarkand) envoy's escort, in Limes doc., 69o.

So-i (or So-yi) River : identified with Gilgit River, 58 ; bridge over, destroyed by Kao Hsien-chih, 56, 58.

So-li (or 1''o-lê) locality in Wakhan, 68 n. 12.

So-lê-so-ho, town in Wakhan, 6i, 68n.12.

So Man, anecdote of his military colony at Lou-Ian, 326, 421 ; his barrage across Chu-pin River, 421 sq. ; his identity with So Pan suggested, 423.

So Pan, Chang-shin, sent to I-wu, or Hami, 331, 423. See So Man.

So-yang-ch'êng, site : physical features, 1100 sqq. ; traces of anc. irrigation at, I x01 ; line of anc. canal, ib. ; ruined walls of, 1102 ; effects of wind-erosion on, 1102 sq.; interior of ruined town, 1103 ; occupation proved down to Sung times, 1103, I1o6; later occupation, I 103 sq. ; cemetery remains near, 1104 ; ruined Stûpa of cruciform plan near, ib.; other Stûpas, II05; clay Stûpa models, x105, I io8 ; relic of wood-carved statue, 1 104, I 106 ; Chinese coins from, 1103, I Io6, 1345, 1349 sq. ; chronological evidence of ceramic and coin finds, 1103, IIo6; Descriptive List of objects, I 106 sqq.

So-yi River, see So-i River.

soapstone objects : bar, figure, and relief fr. of peacock, loo, 103 ; disc, 437, 439 ; green fiat piece, 133 ; dark green spindle-whorl, 120 ; grey seal, 124 ; grey bird, fr., 119 ; grey relief fr., human face, x18 ; greyish - white, monkey, loo, 119; lemon-yellow seal, 124 ; white fr., 477 ; white, broken figure, too, 117 ; white relief frs., I oo, 117 sq., 122 ; white figurine, sheep, I00, 119 ; yellowish white bar, 122 ; yellowish white seal, 118. See also steatite.

2tiaoros, river, 211. 2.

sockets for bolts, see mortices.

soda, mentioned in Tibetan does., 1465. Sogdian, Early, does. in :

on paper, (Lou-lan) 383, 436 ; (Tun-huang) 669 sq., 67 I sqq., 776 sq.; method of folding and addressing, 671; sizes of sheets, 671 sq.; paper analysed by Prof. von Wiesner, 673 sq. ; absence of sizing, 674 ; early date of does. confirmed, ib. ; character of script, 67 5 ; language, ib.; question of