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imps, 83, 84; of nether regions, xxvii; emaciated, 85;
plump, 85; star-spotted, 85; storm, 85.
Indian costume, 59: see also figured material.
individuality expressed, xx, 7.
infantile figures, xxvi, 80.
influences on paintings, xviii, 1; see also Chinese.
inland sea of Lop, x.
Innermost Asia, report on third Central Asian expedi-
tion, ix–xii, xv, xxv.
inscriptions: Brāhmī, 103, 104, 106; Chinese, 35, 37,
94; Hsi-hsia (?), 35; Uigur, xxix, 35, 47, 49, 50,
60, 73.
intercourse between peoples in antiquity, xvi.
intonaco, unusual character of, 101.
Introduction, xvi.
invasion of Turfān, xxiv, 38.
Irān expedition, xiii.
'Iraq expedition, xiii.
iris and pupil of eyes, mere dots, 22; see also eyes.
island in river, 80.
itinerant painters, xix.
izārband, see costume.

Jade Gate, at eastern end of ancient Chinese wall, ix.
Jagarnath Mattu, Pandit: checked colour proofs in
New Delhi, xv.
jamb of entrance to cella, 79.
jambs, leg guards, see armour.
janghiya, see costume.
Japanese archaeologist destroys painting at Mirān,
xxi, xxix.
jar (or jewel), 89.
Jātaka, provides subjects for painters, xvii, 46.
jaw: of hound, 88, 105; prominent, 99; strong, 12,
at tip of, 36.
jewellery: discarded by Gautama Buddha, 54; unusual
on Mirān figures, xxi. In later paintings the follow-
ing examples of jewellery in general use: armlets, 1,
20, 22, 25, 60, 71, 74, 79, 83, 90, 110; anklets, 60,
73; bangles, 22, 25, 59, 71, 74, 79, 90; beads,
attached to armlets, 83, to ear-rings, 4, 26, 55, 71, 72, 73, in
strings, 69, 79; bracelets, 22, 60, 105, 110; car-
canets, 1, 22, 59, 80; coiffure, 88; ear-rings, 1, 4, 11,
17, 22, 24, 25, 30, 55, 56, 60, 72, 73; garlands, 58,
67, 69; garters, 60; links, 58, 69, 79; mukuṭa (tiara),
58, 59, 72; necklet or torque, 1, 5, 9, 24, 25, 59, 71,
73, 91, 110; palmettes, 55, 71; patera, at midriff, 60;
pearls, 22, 24, in strings, 17, 22, 55; rosettes, in hair,
55, 56, 65, 82, at midriff, 60, 74, 79; studs, in plaited
hair, 55, 58, 62; see also Chandaka, Gautama Buddha.
jewels: at ears, 11, 55, 56; floral, 105; flower-shape, 90;

in hair, 17, 53, 65, 69, 82; sacred: balls, 45, 52,
domical, 52, flaming, 27, 37, 66, 75, 100, jar-shape,
89, laminate, 80, prism, 37.
śivajīva (two-headed parakeet), 38.
Johnson, Dr. John, Printer to the University, Oxford;
help and advice given, xiv, xv.
judge, Chinese, 75.

Kābul, Afghānistān, where Sir Aurel Stein died, vii.
kādga, sacrificial knife, see implements, symbols.
kamarband (waist girdle), see costume.
Kan-chou, where Stein had riding accident, xi.
Kaniṣka casket, shows weary putto, xx, 11, 13; see also
dado.
kapāla (skull), carried by ḍākinīs, see implements,
symbols.
Kara-khoja = Dākiānūs, in Turfān, 30, 44, 51;
objects found, xi, xii, xviii, xxv. Destruction
by operations of archaeologists and by villagers,
30.
Kara-koram, mountain range between Kāshgar and
Ladāk, xii.
Kara-shahr, 28.
Kara-tāsh, river gorges, ix.
Kārttikeya, son of Śiva, 43, 83, 84.
Kāshgar: British Consulate at; Chinese Secretary en-
gaged by Stein and preparations made for journey,
viii, ix, xii.
Kashmir, vii, xii.
Khādalik, xviii, xxii, xxiii; painting showing flask with
bearded head ornament, 20; architectural back-
ground of Byzantine character, 20, 41.
Khara-khoto (Black Town), near Etzin-gol, x; Marco
Polo's 'City of Etzina', 38; objects found, x, xi;
ransacked by Russians under Kozloff, 38.
Kharoshtī script in documents found at Lou-lan,
Mirān, and Niya, viii; see also Hsiung-nu, Yüeh-chi,
Uigurs.
Khotan region: MSS. from, as incentive to Stein's
first Central Asian expedition, vii; delayed at, viii;
oasis of, viii; return to, viii, x.
Khotanese, 61, 73; fond of music and dancing, 96; see
also musicians.
Kilik Pass on Tāgh-dumbāsh Pamīr, viii.
kilt, see armour.
king of Persia and Chinese princess, legend of Kiz-
kurghān, viii.
kinnaṭa, xxvii.
Kisch, Sir Cecil, gives help, xiv.
'kiss-curls', see hairdressing.
Kiz-kurghān (Princess's Tower), see king of Persia.
Klementz, Dr., visits Turfān, xxiv.

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