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Kausaki prajirü-piiramild, Skr. MS. fr. of, 1449.

Kayâsh, Khotan canton, statistics of population and cultivation of, 1319 n. 2.

Kaz-ata, legendary hero recognized in rock pinnacle, 1302. See Kuwaghiz.

Keen-too, capital of Ch'ü-lê (q.v.), 1323.

KELLY, Col., fight of, at Nisar-gol, 46.

Kelpin, oasis, 1304; water-supply limited and unchanged, 1304 sq. ; extension of cultivated area, 1304 ; population markedly unlike Kirghiz, 1304 n. 6; their evil reputation, 1304 ; anthropometric records of, 1352 sqq. ; physical conditions near K., 708 ; route to K. from Uch-Turfan, 1302, 1304; ruined sites adjoining K., 1305 ; desert S. of K., 1306 ; antiques acquired at K., 1306, 1313 ; Chinese coins purchased, 1306 sqq., 1347.

kcmer, vaulted rooms, in Turfan, 116x. Kenk, wrong form of Ketek (q. v.), 219 n. 12.

KENYON, Sir Frederic, Director of British Museum, help given by, xx.

Keriya, district, 211, 1263 ; anthropometric records of, 1352 sqq.

Keriya River, 241, 245 ; line. of Dawans parallel to old bed of, 1239 sq. ; N. end of dead delta, 1240; signs of human occupation, ib.; possibility of route to Tarim R., ib. ; changes in river-bed, 1242; course above Yoghankum, 1245.

Ketek : name applied to old sites in Tarim Basin, 219 n. 12. See also Katak, Kötek-shahri.

Ketek-sher, see Kötek-shahri.

kelmans, Turkestan hoes, 41x, 6o8.

key pattern, see designs.

keys: iron, (N. of Lop-nor) 367; wooden, (Khadalik) i86,191,193,195; (Mazartoghrak) 205, 209 ; (Mitan) 466, 477 sq., 480; (Yar-khoto) 1168, I 175 ;

(Farhad-Beg-yailaki)   1256, 1260 ;
(Mazar-tagh) 1286, 1288, 1292 sq., 1295. See also locks.

Kha. = Khadalik, q. v.

Khadalik : shrines of, 154 sqq. ; first finds clue to Mullah Khwaja, 154 ; description of site and remains, 155— 62 ; comparison with Dandan-oilik and Niya, 155 sq., 159, 160-2, 164-7; with Rawak and Ak-terek, 164 (see alsoCh'ien-fo-tung); with Kara-yantak, 1262 ; account of antiques, 163-7 ; Descriptive List, 167 sqq.; MSS. found, 154 sq., 158-61, 163 sq., 1432 sqq. (see also POthis, tablets); Tibetan records prove Tibetan occupation, 162 ; mural paintings and plaster analysed, 1390 sq. ; Chinese coins found at, 159, 1343, 1349 sq. ; abandonment of K., 159, 491 ; of settlements near, 199 sq. ; minor ruins near, 196 sqq. ; tamarisk cones near, 198 sq.; limitation

of explorations around, zoo ; final destruction of ruined shrines by irrigation, ib. ; reclamation of land near, 1267. See also decorative motifs, Stûpas.

Khaidu-gol, river, feeds Kara-shahr lake, 11.

Khaidugol valley, belts of cultivation in, 1224.

Khairullah, Chitral ruler, 33, 51 ; iden-

tical with Shah Khairullah, Badshah, 33. Khakân-shahri (Tumshuk), pottery fr.

found at, 1315.

Khakanning - shahri, Sttipa ruin and ruined forts of 81 sq. See also Stùpas. Khalche, hamlet, 94.

Khalpat, new oasis, 1265.

kham', rough cotton material, 167, 170, 172.

Kham il, see Hami.

Khanambal, see Anambar.

Khandût, remains of ancient fort near, 64 ; name spelt Kundut by Wood, 64 n. 23. See also Hun-t'o-lo, Sad Khandût, Zamr-i-atish-parast.

Khara-nôr, lake, 564 n. 16 ; erron. believed to be termination of Su-lo Ho, 576 ; ruined towers by, ib. ; section of Tun-huang Limes near, 663, 717 sqq. ; volume of outflow from, 719.

Kharkal, see Karkat.

Kharosthi documents : decipherment of

Niya does., 231 sqq.; language, 243;
contents of Lou-lan does., 4r3 sqq.;

language same as in Niya does., 4 r 4 ; personal names, ib., 415; dates in regnal years, 414 ; Kroraina (q. v.) in, 414-16 ; method of folding, 671.

clay seals of, (Niya) 216, 229 sqq. leather documents: (Niya) 218, 250, 278, 383; (Endere) 278, 291.

paper documents : (Lou-lan) 242, 372, 383, 402, 433, 436, 439, 446. silk document : (Limes), 677, 777.

wooden tablets : (Niya)213, 216 sqq., 221, 222, 224 sqq., 234 Sq., 237 sqq.,

242, 247 sqq., 252 sqq., 296, 297n. 19,

329, 659 ; (Endere) 270, 276-8, 290,
291 ; (Lou-lan) 371 sq., 375, 377-80,

383, 385 sq., 400-2, 433 sqq., 659 ;

(Mazar-tagh)1289,1294. Seealso Lou-Ian Site, Niya Site ; tablets, wooden. Kharosthi inscriptions : on cella frescoes, (Mirân) 516, 518 sq., 521, 529 sqq. ;

on silk banner, (Miran) 495 sq. ; on wall-plaster, (Tarishlak) 1279.

' khats', writings : from Khadalik, 154sq.; from Mazar-toghrak, 205.

Khitai-dawan, pass of, 1325.

Khitai-oilik (` Chinese dwellings '), remains at, 1280 ; pottery from, 1283.

Khô : term in Chitral local names, 43 ; name Khôwâr (Chitrali language) derived from it, ib. See also Chü-wei, Kuhob.

Khö, valley, fertility of, 43•

Khöra range, signal-stations along, x227.

Khara site : ruins of Buddhist shrines at, 1224 sq.; living quarters, I225 ;

remains of carved and painted wood, 1225, 1229; Skr. and Kuchean MSS. from, 1224, 1448; other finds, 1224 sq., 1228 sq.

cultivation below, 1224 ; destruction by fire and water, 1225 ; ruined

Stùpa mound, ib.; remains of defensive position, 1226 ; former agricultural settlement, ib.

Khot. = Khotan, q.v.

Khotan oasis : Kharosthi Kholana, 296 ; Yit-lien its ancient designation, 293, 328 sq., 344 n. 26; Ho-tien its present

Chinese name, 344 n. 26 ; embassies to

China from, 320, 560 ; links between Tun-huang and Khotan Buddhism,

815 sq.; legends of rat-headed divinity

and silk princess ' referred to, 165, 1277 sq. ; princess of Khotan in

Ch'ien - fo - tung fresco, 933, 1333 ; Tibetan MS. fr. of legendary religious history of K., 1471.,

population : in Former Han Annals, 335 ; Indian element in local popula-

tion, 243 ; statistics relating to Khotan, 1319 n. 2 ; anthropometrie records, 1352 sqq.

old sites within oasis, 93 sqq.; ruined sites E. and N. of, 1245 sqq. ; temple

remains N. of, 1272 sqq. ; oasis previously extended further N. than at present, 1279.

routes : from Kök-yar to K., 90 ; from Kara-kash town to, 93 ; postal

stations between Khotan and Ak-su,

1284; route from Maral-bashi to K., 1312 ; Sha-chou—Khotan itinerary in

Tang - shu, 298 sq., 306, 32o sq., 327, 342 sq., 629 sqq.; translated by M. Chavannes, 1330 ; route used after Tang times, 320.

Khotan River, united bed of Yurungkàsh and Kara-kash : volume of water in, I 284 ; route along, ib. ; delta of, 1296.

Khotan town (Ilchi) : pottery from, 98, 120 sqq.; coins purchased at : Chinese,

Sino-Kharosthi, Muhammadan, and

mod. Yarkand,102, 1341 sq., 1349 sq.; antiques acquired at, 120 sqq. ; population and cultivation statistics of K.,

1319 n. 2 ; reasons for return to, 1238 ; packing of antiques at, 1317. See also Yötkan. Khotana, Kharosthi form of Khotan, 296. Khotanese ' : term applied to language previously designated ` Unknown Lan-

guage II', ` North Aryan   Eastern
Turkestani', ' Eastern Iranian ', 814, 914; Khotanese MSS. at Chien-fo- tung indicate connexion between Tunhuang and Khotan Buddhism, 815 sq.

coins, see Sino-Kharosthi.

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