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GENERAL INDEX   1565

origin, 676 ; reason for use of paper for non-Chinese writing, 676 sq. ; MS. fr. (?), (Mazar-tagh) 1289, t 295, 1457.

wooden tablet, (Tun-huang) 648, 652, 752, 77o; prob. a tally, 654; question of origin, 652.

Sogdian, Later : MSS. in, 675 sq., 818 sq., 92o sq., 924, 1176, 145o ; evidence of local production in Tunhuang, 921 ; rolls and Pöthis, 920, 924 ; texts on reverse of Chinese rolls, 819, 924; Skr. text with interlinear Sogdian version, 914, 920 ; quality of paper used, 92o n. 8, 921, 924.

Sogdian colonies in E. Turkestan and China, 306, 327, 653 sq., 819, 921.

Sogdian (?) letters on intaglio, 101, 126.

Sogdiana, 331, 407, 505, 652, 675 ; silk textile industry of, 909.

Soksuk-shahri, ' Tim ' of, 1306.

soldiers : of Tun-huang Limes, 745 sqq.; mounted, 751, 756; represented on painted dado, 934 ; colonies of, established on Limes, 742 sq. See also warriors.

Somoto, locality, 622 D. I2, 623.

SOPER, Mr. H. E., help with anthropometric calculations, 1352.

Eovaaros, river, 2 n. 2.

soul, represented as Chinese lady, in Ch'ien-fo-tung paintings, 867, 1038, 1071, 1077, 1081; as infant, 859, 887, 889, &c. See also rebirth.

` southern route ', see Wei h o.

spade : cast-iron blade, 711, 781 ; welded iron, lb.

Spartian, Vila Hadriani, refers to ' wet border', 718 n. 2.

spatulas : bronze, (Lou-lan) 428 sq. ; wooden, (Khadalik) 167, 172 ; (Niya) 251 ; (Lou-lan) 384, 438 sq. ; (Miran) 479 ; (Tun-huang) 769, 774, 777, 779, 787 ; (Mazar-tagh) 1292.

spear-head, wooden model, 1170. See also bronze.

spear-points, see bronze, iron.

Sphinx wings, see classical designs.

spices, mentioned in Tibetan docs., 1465.

spindle-whorls : clay, (Yötkan) 103 ; (Mazar-toghrak) 205, 210 ; (Miran) 48o ; soapstone, (Yötkan) 120 ; terracotta, (Rawak)132; (Shah-tokhtaningköli) 455, 456; (Miran) 48o ; wooden, (Niya) 268. See also spinning-whorls.

spinning - whorls : clay, (Mazar - tagh) 1291 ; (Chong - tim) 1315 ; lead, (Lou-lan) 393, 429-31, 449 ; (Kudughun) 1314 (?); (Kelpin) 1313 (?) ; pottery, (Vash-shahri) 3 I 6 ; (Lou-lan) 427, 433 ; (Nan-hu) 616, 63o ; (Kara-dong) 1243 ; steatite, (Lou-lan) 441 ; shale, (Endere) 290 ; stone, (Yötkan) 118 ; terra-cotta, (Farhad-Beg-yailaki) 1256; wooden, (Miran) 48o ; (Tunhuang) 661, 773. See also spindle-whorls.

spirals, see designs.

spirits of the desert, see demons.

spoons, or frs. : bronze, see bronze ; horn, (Lou-lan) 401, 445 ; (Tun-huang) 784 ; wooden, (Khadalik) 196 ; (Loulan) 374, 384, 433, 437, 439 ; (Miran) 479 ; (Tun-huang) 597, 590, 78o, 782 sq., 787-9.

spots, see designs.

springs : legends of, miraculously produced, 1089 sq. ; Hsüan-tsang's miraculous 'spring of the Master A-fu',

I I 78 ; irrigation from springs at Domoko, 204 ; Chia-yii kuan, I 118 ; near Bulungir, 1138; on An-hsi-Hâmi route, 1143 ; water-supply from, 1155, 5302, 1304.

squares, see designs.

squinch, use of, 535.

ramana Anamdasena (Anandasena), 415. Srantanaka, see Samanaya.

ravasti, Miracle of, images of, represented in painting, 878, 1025. See also BUDDHA.

Fri saya, Brahmi inscription on intaglio, 126.

Srinagar, stay at, 1327.

ssrc-ma, ' chief of a thousand men ', 746,

750.

Ssa-ma Ch'ien : his memoir of Chang Chien, xxiii ; on position of Jade Gate, 726 ; on Chinese advance and western extension of ' Great Wall', 728 ; on Little Yüch-chih, 113o.

stables, remains of, 652.

stag-headed demon, painting of, 979.

stags, figs. of: on bone stamp, 145 ; on brass amulet, 133 ; in seal impression, 262 ; on mirror, 1106; in painting, 993. See also deer.

stairs : remains of, on Limes watchtowers, 644, 658, 662, 68r, 738 ; rock-cut, (Ch'ien-fo-tung) 793 ; wooden, (Ch'ien-fo-tung) ib. ; to cave-temples at Wan-fo-hsia, I I 10 ; in Ara-tam ruins, s152 ; in cella ruins near Lapchuk, 1156.

stamped clay (walls, ramparts, or towers of) : (Khotan) 94, 134 sq. ; (Endere) 272, 279 ; (Charchan) 301, 304 ; (Lou-lan) 386 sq. ; (Miran) 457 ; (Tun-huang) 591, 597, 600, 6o3, &c.; (An-hsi) 1 o95 ; (So - yang - ch'êng) 1102 ; (Chia - yü - kuan) 111 9 sqq. ; (Shih-êrh-tun) 1137 ; (Lapchuk) 1156 ; (Chong - hassar) 1163 ; (Chokkur) 1182 ; (Korla) 1232 ; (Chira) 1264 ; (Chong-tim) 1307 ; (Arach) 1312 ; (Nara) 1322. See also pisé.

staples, see iron.

stars, see designs.

state room (baipash), at Miragram, 48.

stationery, ancient, wood or bamboo : methods of fastening and authentication, 216, 382 ; materials and shapes, 598 ; sizes of slips, 382, 593, 597,

66o, 672 ; use of seal sockets and string grooves, 382, 659 ; sealed lids for boxes containing several slips, 382,

766 ; slips pared for repeated use, 375, 598, 646 ; purpose of notched edges,

764 sqq.; how arranged into books, 764, 766 ; ' concertina' arrangement,

765 sq. See also Chinese documents, Kharothi documents, tablets.

statues : metal, (Ch'ien-fo-tung) 894 ; Indian, of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas represented in painting, 877, 1024 ; relic of wood-carved statue (So-yangch'êng) x104, I x 0 ; colossal, frs., (Miran) 488, (' Ming-oi ') t 188. See also BUDDHA, images.

statuettes : bronze, see s. v. ; statuettes or frs. : wooden, (Khadalik) 166, 171 ; (Ch'ien-fo-tung) 894, 938 sq.; (' Mingoi') 1189, 1200; (Farhad-Bêg-yailaki) 1249, 1259 sq.; (Kara-yantak) 1262, 1268; head, (Khöra) 1225, 1229; carved fr., (Farhad-Beg-yailaki) 1249, 1259; carved wooden base for,(Khöra) 1225, 1229; Chinese Lokapala of T'ang period, (' Ming-oi') 942, 1197, 1218 ; Buddha figs., 1075, '166, 1173, 1224, 5229.

staves, wooden, with knobs or lathe-turned heads,(` Ming-oi') 1189, 1201, 1222 ; (Khöra) 1228. See also pins (wooden).

steatite : beads, see beads ; bead-strip, 118 ; carvings, too; discs, see s.v. ; Oat piece, 124; grey fr., 786 ; grotesque beast, loo, 123 ; handle, 266 ; intaglios, see seals ; slabs, s t 8 ; Stûpa model, see s.v.; vase, 14o, 153. See also soapstone.

stele : stele-shaped carved slab at Chalkoide Ziarat, 1302 ; Petrucci on ' Mandalas' on, 5424 sqq. See also Ch'ienfo-tung (inscriptions).

stencils : used for wall decoration at Khadalik, 166 ; in Chien-fo-tung paintings, 795, 863 n. 13, 864 n. 17, 892, 957, 999 ; in mural decoration, 928, 93o sq. ; in wall-paintings at Wan-fohsia, Is I I, 1113 ; Chinese designs in stencilled fabrics, 905.

stepped ' effect, in weaving, technique of, 898.

sticks : rows of, to support stucco decoration in Stûpa, Khakanning-shahri, 81 ; wooden, (Khadalik) 593, 195 ; I►liya) 24o, 255-3, 256, 263, 266 sq. ; Lou-Ian) 437, 439 sq. ; (Miran) 481 ; (Tun-huang) 599, 744-7, 788 ; (Kara-dong) 1243; 7-sided stick, 787.

stiffeners ' for banners, see ' strainers'. stiletto, see bronze.

stoles : in wood-carving, 190 ; in frescoes, 169, 175, 577 sq., 181 sq., 185, 519, 54o; in painted panels, 168, 170, 171, 185, 196, 205 ; in painted wood, 168; in seal impressions, 262; on soap-