National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

cave shrines, xvi; advantages of, xvii; at Toyuk, xi; at
Turfān, 51; — cells, 28; *see* Bezeklik.
caves of The Thousand Buddhas, 20, 52; *see also* Tun-
huang.
ceiling, 32, 37, 98, 104.
cell, 32.
cella, 17.
cemeteries, ancient: at Astāna, xiii; at Lou-lan, x: *see
also* textiles.
censer, 35, 70.
Central Asian Antiquities Museum, New Delhi, xi;
paintings mounted and set up, xii, xiii, xxv, 24, 51.
Central Asian expeditions, vii–xiii.
chain mail, *see* armour.
— on neck, 12.
chalcolithic arrowheads, found in desert, ix.
Chandaka, Prince Siddhartha's groom, receives jewels,
ornaments, and steed, 97.
Chandi, moon goddess, 24: *see* Hārītī.
chaplet of skulls, 84; of pearls, 112 and n.
characterization, skill in, xx, 3, 8, 72, 96.
Charchan, x.
chariot, 9, 16; ornamental band on, 15.
Charkhlik oasis, ix, x.
Chatterjee, Sir Atul; help given by, xiv.
*chaurī* (fly-whisk), 3, 59, 72, 90, 92, 97, 104.
cheeks: full and fleshy, 32; puffed out, 85: *see also* lines
on cheeks.
chiaroscuro, *see* shading.
children, group of, 18, 34: *see also* Hārītī.
chin: 47; cleft, 59, 60, 72; prominent, 8, 72; shaven,
29, 70, 72.
Chinese: ancient wall and blockhouses, ix, x: *see* docu-
ments; architecture, xxviii, 20, 66, 99, 108; artists
at work, 86, 87, 89; conflict with Huns, xi, xix;
craftsmanship, 94; C. defeat after murder of ruler
of Tashkend, xix; documents found at Niya and
Lou-lan sites, viii, xix: *see also* documents; C. drive
out Yüeh-chih, xix; C. figures, 85; influence on
drawing and design, xviii, xxiii–xxi, xxviii, 15, 32,
38, 64, 87, 89, 96, 108: *see also* silk fabrics; C. in-
scriptions, 35, 37, 94; legend of C. princess at Kiz-
kurghān, *see* king of Persia; of silk princess, q.v.; of
Nāginī, q.v.; mourner at parinirvāna, 75; picture of
pilgrimage, xxvii, 107; representation of water, *see*
water; silk cocoon export prohibited, and law defied,
xxiii: *see also* 'silk princess': *see also* silk trade, clouds,
coins, colour, pigments.
Chinese secretary engaged, ix.
Chinese Turkestān, 46.
chin strap, 33, 47, 75, 100.
*chiq* (reed blind), 32.

Christian (?) monk, 70.
churning of the ocean (?) symbolic device, 27.
cinctures binding garland, 11, 12, 14.
*cintāmaṇi* (sacred jewels), 80.
circle as symbol, 27.
claws of phoenix, well drawn, 83.
clay blocks used in building, 17.
clean-shaven disciples, 3; Manichaeans, 47.
climate, influence on designs, xvii.
cloak, *see* costume.
clouds: belt of, 85; Chinese floral form of, 106;
cloud-cover, 85; decorative, 106; drifting, 85, 89;
flame-like, 34; of incense, 94; scrolling, 87, 107;
streaming, 83, 94, 107: *see also* motives in ornament.
cloven hoofs, 12.
coat, *see* costume.
coiffure: varied, xxvi, 52; floral, 84; pearl-studded,
88; white bands, 9.
coins, of various periods found, viii; of Han dynasty,
ix; T'ang, xxv.
college, theological, 29.
colour: carmine, unusual in these paintings, 70; dis-
position of, resembling embroidery, 64, 65; -nega-
tives made in New Delhi, xxv; preservation, xxix,
63; proofs checked with originals, xiv, xv; scheme
of, 44; treatment of flowers, 64, 67.
column, 25.
complexion: fair, 8, 66; pink, 30; red, 75; tanned, 66;
varied, 7.
composition of pictures, xxii, xxviii; restlessness and
overcrowding, 89.
conflicts between Chinese and Huns, *see* Chinese.
console, architectural feature, 24.
consort, 65, 66.
contour lines: black, 14, 23, 25, 31, 32, 34, 35, 47, 50,
53, 56, 74, 78, 102, 105; blue, 102; clear, showing
probable Chinese influence, xxv; delicate, 95; double,
88, 94, 101; expressionless, xxvi, 21, 56; freely drawn,
4, 61; hard in Bezeklik pictures, xxii, xxiii, 53; hard-
ness softened by underlines, 61, 65; red, 19, 31, 32, 41,
43, 65, 67, 74, 94; skilfully drawn, 31, 53, 56, 61, 102;
soft in early work, xxii, 8, 19; thin, 47, 64; various
qualities in Mīrān paintings, 4, 5, 14, 10; white, 15,
19, 22, 41, 43, 45, 65, 78; wiry, 91; yellow, 41.
convent to be founded by king, 111, *see* Nāginī.
conventional representation of river banks, 67, 89.
coping-stones, 32.
coral-like flames and scrolls, 58.
cornice, 81, 105.
corridor, painting in, 14.
costume: apron, *see* grape-leaf; *antaravāsaka*, an under-
garment, 96; bands: on arms, 55; on mendicant's dress,

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