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List of Figures

Central Asian Buddhism: Turfan and the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves [24]

  1. Distant View of the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
  2. Sketch of the Bezeklik Cave drawn by the German Expedition Team
  3. Floor Plan of the Bezeklik Cave drawn by Albert Grünwedel
  4. Seated Buddhas
  5. Dragon Pond Scene
  6. Image of Vaiśravaṇa
  7. Precious Flower Pattern
  8. Scenes of Reincarnation into the Six Destinies
  9. Turfan
  10. Male Donors
  11. Female Donors
  12. A Donor
  13. A Banner with a Portrait of a Donor
  14. Outline of the Painting
  15. Praņidhi Scene
  16. Mural in Bezeklik Cave 9
  17. Relief Excavated from Ghandara
  18. Original Text
  19. Display Layout of the Berlin Ethnological Museum Prior to Air Raids
  20. Floor-plan of Cave 8
  21. Floor Plan of Cave 9
  22. Layout of the Murals in Cave 9

The Horses of the Steppe: The Mongolian Horse and the Blood-Sweating Stallions [13]

  1. horse bones
  2. Anau Mounds
  3. petrographs
  4. wooden slip
  5. The document inscribed in ink
  6. wooden slips found at the N.xv.324 site
  7. A mural which Stein obtained in Mazar-tagh
  8. The Expedition of Zhang Yichao 張儀潮統軍出行図
  9. ceiling painting
  10. Sui era (隋) piece of silk fabric with pearl medallion patterns
  11. Hanshu, “Xiyu zhuan”
  12. Shiji, “Dayuan-liezhuan”

Following in the Footsteps of Xuanzang: Aurel Stein and Dandān-Uiliq [19]

  1. Map
  2. Dandān-Uiliq
  3. Buddhist temple ruins and monk dwellings
  4. paintings on wooden boards
  5. Buddha Seated on Pedastal
  6. Seated Buddha
  7. Beings Born Transformationally from Lotus Flower
  8. Buddhist temple ruins
  9. square center pillar layout
  10. colored illustration painted on a wooden board
  11. wooden boards
  12. Mural in the Cella
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Brāhmī
  15. Document Photograph
  16. Interpretation of Characters
  17. Document Photograph
  18. Interpretation of Characters
  19. Qianyuan Zhongbao (乾元重宝)

The Transmission of Buddhist Culture: The Kizil Grottoes and the Great Translator Kumārajīva [20]

  1. frieze murals
  2. Cliffs on the northern shore of the Muzalt River
  3. Kucha (庫車 in Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Province)
  4. murals belonging to the first phase
  5. murals belonging to the second phase
  6. central pillar caves
  7. Jâtaka Tales (本生図)
  8. paintings on the theme of the Illustrated Biographies of His Life (仏伝図)
  9. paintings on the theme of the Preaching Scenes (説法図, or 因縁仏伝図)
  10. Jâtaka Tales
  11. Preaching Scenes
  12. images of donors
  13. painted images
  14. Kāśyapa image
  15. Line Drawing by Grünwedel
  16. line drawings
  17. paintings brought back to Germany
  18. sculptures
  19. painted boards

The Allure of Dunhuang: The Mogao Grottoes [9]

  1. small cave
  2. Wang Yuanlu
  3. North District
  4. 100 years ago
  5. Mogao Grottoes in 1907
  6. Rows of Cave Shrines with Decayed Porches
  7. cave interior
  8. Sahasrabhuja Image Painted in Cave 3

Hedin, the Man Who Solved the Mystery of the Wandering Lake: Lop Nor and Lou-lan [14]

  1. Map
  2. Records of the Grand Historian Accounts of the Ferghana
  3. Oerdek
  4. Stūpa and Surroundings
  5. Site Plan by Stein
  6. right - The Southeastern Route about to Dry
  7. left - The New Eastern Route
  8. 1901
  9. 1934
  10. Hat
  11. Embroidery
  12. Hedin Inspecting a Mummy
  13. mummies
  14. Ruins of Xiao He Mu (小河墓)

A Lesser Known Route: the Qinghai Route [15]

  1. Painting of Zhang Yichao’s Troops on the South Wall in Cave 156
  2. Photos of M.III-VI
  3. Site Plan of Mīran Ruins
  4. Winged Angel
  5. Photo
  6. Plan and Elevation of Ruined Shrine M.III
  7. Painting of Buddha and the Disciples
  8. Fragments of Murals
  9. Painting of Vishvantara Offering a White Elephant
  10. Colossal Head of Buddha in Stucco
  11. Remains of Colossal Stucco Images of Seated Buddhas
  12. Heads of Buddha Dropped Between the Laps
  13. Photo
  14. Plan
  15. Tibetan Documents

Ethnic Consciousness Seen Through the Letters: Khara-Khoto and Western Xia Characters [16]

  1. Crossing Street Tower
  2. Photo
  3. Map
  4. Sketch Plan of Ruined Town of Khara-Khoto
  5. sketch plan of site of Khara-Khoto
  6. pictures of the excavated antiquities
  7. Fragments of Glazed Pottery, Porcelain, etc.
  8. Photo
  9. Plans and Sections of Stūpas and Shrines
  10. Blockprints on Paper
  11. Standing Figures of Bodhisattvas
  12. Standing Guardians of the Temple
  13. Heads of Buddha
  14. Portions of Stucco Armour
  15. Western Xia language

Explorers: The Race for Information and Honor [18]

  1. Karakorum Mountains
  2. the Tarīm Basin (Chinese Central Asia, Chinese Turkistan, or Sinkiang)
  3. Turdi, One of the Treasure Finders Who Participated in Stein’s Expedition
  4. Dandān-Uiliq
  5. Photo of Yōtkan
  6. Pieces of Terracottas Excavated from Yōtkan
  7. murals
  8. drawings
  9. measurements
  10. Seated Buddha excavated at Tumsuk
  11. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes
  12. Map
  13. Photo
  14. Yumen Guan or Jade Gate Pass
  15. Beijing
  16. Shanghai
  17. Hedin (right) and Bergman (left), archaeologist

An Overview of the Silk Road: Time, Space and Themes [43]

  1. Li Bo Document
  2. Sketch Plan of Kara-Khōja by Grünwedel
  3. Sketch Plan of Kara-Khōja by Stein
  4. Ancient Cemetery of Astāna
  5. Clay Figures
  6. Silk Paintings
  7. Chinese-style Wall Paintings
  8. Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves
  9. Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
  10. Muhammadan Tombs in Tumshuk
  11. Ruin of Muhammadan Tomb in Khara-Khoto
  12. Map
  13. Muztagh-Ata
  14. Tian Shan Mountains
  15. Kunlun Mountains
  16. Painted Image of Chinese Mythological Gods of Fuxi and Nvwa from Astāna Cemetery
  17. Mesas (small hills)
  18. Yardangs (table-like hills)
  19. Floor Plan
  20. Wall Paintings
  21. Floor Plan
  22. Distant View
  23. Distant View
  24. Interior of a Cave
  25. Panoramic View
  26. Wall Painting
  27. Standing Image of Bodhisattva
  28. Seated Buddha
  29. Sketch Plan
  30. Photo
  31. Plan of Ruined Vihāra
  32. Relief Sculptures of Buddhas
  33. Head of Buddha
  34. Endere Fort
  35. Detailed Map of Niya Site
  36. Ruined House
  37. Documents on Rectangular Tablets
  38. Documents on Double-Wedge Tablets
  39. Sogdian
  40. Miniature with Uighur Scripture from Kara-Khōja
  41. Manichaean Khuastuanift Text in Turkish from Dunhuang

Table of Content

  1. Central Asian Buddhism: Turfan and the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
  2. The Horses of the Steppe: The Mongolian Horse and the Blood-Sweating Stallions
  3. Following in the Footsteps of Xuanzang: Aurel Stein and Dandān-Uiliq
  4. The Transmission of Buddhist Culture: The Kizil Grottoes and the Great Translator Kumārajīva
  5. The Allure of Dunhuang: The Mogao Grottoes
  6. Hedin, the Man Who Solved the Mystery of the Wandering Lake: Lop Nor and Lou-lan
  7. A Lesser Known Route: the Qinghai Route
  8. Ethnic Consciousness Seen Through the Letters: Khara-Khoto and Western Xia Characters
  9. Explorers: The Race for Information and Honor
  10. An Overview of the Silk Road: Time, Space and Themes

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