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huang) 777 ; (Kelpin) 1313 ; ruby, (Lou-lan) 432; serpentine (Bowenite), (N. of Lop-nôr) 368 ; shell, (Chong-tim) 1315 ; steatite, (Yôtkan) 103, 118 ; (Lou-lan) 431 ; stone, (Khotan) 125 ; (Kine-tokmak) r 33 ; (Niya) ; 247, 256, 268; (Lou-lan) 438; (Ulûghmazâr) 1269 ; (Kelpin) 1313; turquoise, (Khotan) 125; (Kelpin) 1313; wood, charred, (Lachin-atâ-mazâr) 1269.

beams, wooden : (Lou-Ian) 396 sq., 404 sq., 440-3, 449 ; (Mirân) 487 ; (Tun-huang) 641, 654, 784 ; (Khôra) 1225, 1229 ; carved, 396 sq., 404, 440-3, 449; painted, 1225, 1229. See also Toghrak.

beans, in Chieh-shih, 3r.

bear (?), on terra-cotta handle, 112 ; in painting, 1025.

beating stick, Chinese, wooden, (Tunhuang) 686, 761, 779.

Bedel Pass, x 300 ; Po-la-ling of Tang itinerary, 1300 n. 21.

beehive ' ornaments, 23.

beer, mentioned in Tibetan docs., 146

beggar's staff : symbol of, in rock-carving of Stûpa, 37 ; represented in fresco, 169 ; in Ch'ien-fo-tung paintings, 937 sqq.

Bejân-tura, tower, 1163 n.

Bel-tagh, hill, 1311.

bell-clapper, lead, 1269.

bells, see bronze.

belt, represented on stucco relievos, 190; tongue of belt found, 251.

berries used as beads, 1294, 1313. See also designs.

Bes-like terra-cotta applique mask. 109. Besh-balik, Protectorate of Pei-ling identified with, 706 n.

Besh-leant, ` the five villages ', 88.

Besh-tam, desiccation near, 1160.

Bésh-toghrak : desert valley of, 550 ; sand ridges E. of, 556 ; wells of, 551.

Three Ridges Sands located near, 425 ; Lop desert route near, 550 sq., 553 sqq. ; Su-lo Ho terminal basin near, 552, 639; ` Chu-lu granary' located at, 557, 730.

Bezeklik, grottoes of, 1167.

bezel, on bronze rings: (Yôtkan) 103 ; (Ak-terek) 145; (Niya) 247 sq., 265 sq., 268 sq. ; (Endere) 292.

Bhaiajya-buddha, paintings of, 860, 959, 1021.

Bhaiajyaguru, Buddha: painting of, 882, 981 ; paintings of his paradise, 889 sq., 948, 10J3, 2056; Petrucci on Mandalas' of, 1409 sq.

Bhaisajyarâja, disciple : paintings of, 887; Petrucci on, 1393; painting of one of his generals (?), 1066.

Bhaisajyasamudgata, disciple of Buddha, in paintings, 887.

GENERAL INDEX

Bhallika, merchant, named in MS. fr., 1448.

Bhiksus, MS. fr. containing regulations for, 2440.

bhùmisparsa-mudra, gesture of witness' or earth-touching', in paintings, &c., 877, 949, 968, 990, 999, x003, 1019, 1022, 1025, 1026.

Bhûrja (birch-bark): painted frs., (Mirân) 467, 482 ; uninscribed fr., (Tunhuang) 677, 776 ; MS. frs. on, (Khadalik) 258, 1440.

BIDDULPH, Col.: on Chitral and its people, 26, 32 sqq., 42 n. 2 ; on Dard language, 27 n. 8 ; on Islam in Gilgit, 28 n. 14.

bifurcation of drainage, 1136.

Bilaur, Raverty's spelling of 'Bolor', 33 n. Bileklik, lake, 294.

Bilel-konghan : ruins of, 270-5 ; search for site, 271; position of ruins, 272 ; construction of dwellings, ib.; circumvallation, ib. ; indications of late date, iL. ; no signs of prolonged occupation, 273 ; physical conditions, ib. ; remains of mosque, 274 n.; attempt at agricultural colony, 274 ; possible causes of abandonment, ib.; irrigation troubles and projects, 275.

bilingual MSS. (Ch`ien-fo-tung) 914 sq., 920, 924 ; (Mazar-tagh) 1289 sq. billets, see designs.

Biloch,anthropometric records of,1359 sq., 1388 sq.

Bimbisara, King, legends of, represented in paintings, 883, 886, 930, 948 sq., 961, 978, 1002, 1015, 1038, 1057, 1071, 1073, 1077, 1080.

BINYON, Mr. Laurence : help given by, xviii, xix ; on Cll'ien-fo-tung pictorial remains, 832 sq., 835, 837, 848, 865, 1428 sqq.

birch-bark, see Bhûrja.

bird-arrows, wooden, 401, 444, 445, 447.

birds, part of vertebrae of bird, 481.

figs. of: on brass amulet, 133 ; in bronze, loo, 117; on bronze pendant (two-headed bird), 119 ; on bronze ring (twin-bird design) 1315 ; on bronze seals, 122, 1314 ; on clay seals, 23r, 26, sq. ; on frescoes, 169; on intaglios, 203, 122 ; jade figs., loo, 122, 126; on miniature Stûpa, Too, 117 ; on painted jug, 98o ; on painted panels, 180, r 248, 1258; paper picture of, 967 ; soap-stone fr., 119 ; stucco fr. (colossal foot), 93x ; stucco relievo (flying bird?), 2202, 1217; terra-cotta, 108 sq., 114 sq., 122 ; three-legged, see Sun ; appliqué fr. of bird's tail, 1256 ; in textile decoration, 720, 786, goo sqq. ; ` Sassanian ' style, go8 sqq. See also eagle, geese, phoenix, &c.

Bizil, locality, x 266.

block-printing, 822, 845, 893, 9i8, 1433.

1511

blossoms represented : on frescoes, 181 ; trumpet-shaped, on wall-painting, 176. blown glass frs., see glass.

boar, figures of : on intaglios, 204, 116 ; terra-cotta, 99, I25.

boar-headed demon, painting of, 995, 2036, x079.

boar-headed divinity, on frescoes, 177. boards, wooden, (Niya) 217 ; (FarhadBeg-yailaki) 1248.

inscribed, (Niya) 226, 257 ; (Tunhuang) 66o, 771-3. See also tablets.

Pôthi boards, (Khâdalik) 158 ; (Kara-yantak) 1262.

Bod (Tibet), in Tibetan docs., 1466. Bôdh-Gaya, image of Buddha at, repre-

sented in Chien-fo-tung painting, 877. Bodhi tree, represented on Stûpa, 494. Bodhicaryâvakira, see Sântiveda. Bodhisattva of the Moon (Candraprabha),

paintings of, 868 sq., 961. 980, 1013,

x017, 1021, 1023, 1036 sq., 1058,

1076, 1078, 5412, 1414.

Bodhisattva of the Sun (Sûryagarblla), paintings of, 864 n. 17, 865, 868 sq., 961, 977, 980, 987, 1002, 1013, 1017, I021, 1023, x036 sq., 1058, 1076, 1078, 1412, 1414.

`Bodhisattva who anoints with incense', painting of, 1078, 1412.

` Bodhisattva who joins the hands', painting of 864, 1022.

` Bodhisattva who knows no obstacles', painting of, 864, 1013.

`Bodhisattva who scatters flowers ', painting of, 1078, 1412.

Bodhisattvas : remains of images at Akterek, 138.

architectural tiles, frs. of, I 190, I 198, 1200, 1210, 1218, 1221 sq.

assemblage of, in paintings, 88o sqq.; in drawing, 999.

banner paintings, 1393 ; ` Chinese' type, 863 sq., 866 sq., 88o, 882;

` Indian ' type, 862 ; mixture of ` In-

dian : and ` Chinese ' types, 863 ;
` Nepalese ' type, 839, 862 ; banners

of artistic merit, 864 ; identification of

Bodhisattvas, 864 ; unidentified B.,
864 n. 27, 865 ; replicas, 865 n. 18 ;

linen banners, 862 n. II, 996, 1014,

1027 sq., xo6o, 1079, 1o86; miniature,
I17o; paper, 862 n. II, 1019, 2027,

r o86; silk, 862 n. II, 864 n. 17, 937-9,

942, 944, 954 sq., 957, 962 sq., 966,
1003, r007-9, 10I2 sq., 1015, I029,

1033-5, 1037, Io42 sq., 1045, 1048,

1062, Io65, 1067, 1069, 1072, 1083, 1085 ; feminine type, 1034.

classification of paintings, 861 sqq. ; preponderance of Bodhisattva over

Buddha figs., 861 ; B. other than Avalokitesvara (q. v.), 862 sqq., 865 ; B. in groups, 876 sqq.

clay, votive impression on, (Karayantak) 1262, 1268.