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

abbayā mudrā, see mudrās.
abrasion, cracking, fading, and scaling, see destructive
influences.
acanthus ornament, see motives in ornament.
acolytes, 28: see also shoes, 'tailored'.
Adams, Mr. F. J., help given by, xv.
adorant, 1, 7, 34, 44, 92.
advance guards, 88.
Afghān hound, 105: see Sūkā.
Afrāz-gul Khān, Miān, surveyor, xii, 51, 95.
Ahriman, Sistān legend of, xiii.
Ajanta Caves, paintings compared with those of Cen-
tral Asia, xxvii, xxviii, 39, 40.
Āk-su, xii.
Alexander the Great, xiii.
altar, 81, 95.
Āltin-tāgh range, ix.
Āltmish-bulak, oasis, x.
Amarāvatī, home of Brahman Sumedhu, 65: see Dīpan-
karā.
Amīr of Afghānistān consents to Stein's visit, vii.
amorini as supporters of garland, xx, 10: see dado.
amṛta, divine nectar, 85: see Garuḍa.
anatomy, faulty, 73, 80.
Ancient Chinese Figured Silks, x n.
Ancient Khotan, report of first Central Asian expedi-
tion, viii, 23, 110.
angel busts in Mīrān paintings, xx, 5, 14.
animals in paintings, xxviii, 46: camel, carrying gifts,
62, 97, 108: dog, 104: duck, 45, 103, 111: elephant,
xxi, 9, 15: horse, 88, carrying gifts, 97: hound, 86,
88, 105: lion (see lion mask): mongoose (see head-
dress): snake, 48: steed, 97: on figured textiles:—
ducks, 14: geese, xxviii: grotesque, 25: leonine: con-
fronting, 25: with jewel, 33: winged, xxviii, 25, 33: see
also Aśvamedha, figured material, jaw, paw, vāhana.
āñjali-mudrā, see mudrās.
anklets, 48, 74: see also jewellery.
antaravāsaka, an under-garment, 96: see costume.
antelope (?), see vāhana.
antiques repacked at Kāshgar, xii.
antiquity of wall painting, xvi.
Aornos, xiii.
Aphrodite-like figure at Dandān-oilik, viii, xxvi, 110.
'apron', see grape-leaf.
apsara, celestial nymph, 106.
Arab Chief, a mourner at the parinirvāṇa, 75, 76.
Arabs, troublesome, xix.
archaeological expeditions of Sir Aurel Stein, vii–xiii.
archer, 85.

architectural woodwork in Lop desert, ix.
— background, 9, 20, 32, 38, 57: in Ajanta paintings,
xxvii.
architecture, see Chinese.
architrave, 20, 25: see also motives in ornament.
arhat (Buddhist priest), 111.
arm bands, see costume.
armlets, see jewellery.
armour, as worn by Vajrapāṇi and other warrior figures:
chain mail, 74: coat with scales, 109: cuirass, 59,
78: epaulettes, elephant-head, 84, —, lion-mask,
86: gorget, 59, 60, 65, 66, 74, 78, 90, 93: greaves,
74: jambs, 60: kilt, 45, 59, 74, 90, 94: lacquered
leather, xxvi, 60, 66, 74: leather lining, 74, 104:
leggings, 74: lunette above belt, 60, 74: scales, over-
lapping upwards, 74, 109, as on warrior in Gan-
dhāra sculpture, 110, colour of, 112: sporran, 60, 74,
93: vambrace, 59, 60.
arms, 2, 4, 7: akimbo, 17, 80: four-armed dākinīs, 77:
— Shiva, 23: outstretched, 45, 80, 111: upraised, 88,
106: see also pose of figures.
arrowheads of copper and stone found in desert, ix.
arrows, see implements.
artists, skill of, 8, 31, 90, 95: at work: see under Chinese.
āsana, a seat, base, or pose: see lalitāsana, padmāsana,
rocks, raft, stool, vāhana.
ascetic monk, expressively drawn, 60, 99: see also eyes,
teeth.
asexuality suggested, 6: see also sex.
assailants of Garuḍa, 85.
Āstāna, ancient burial ground, finds of silks and mis-
cellaneous objects, xii, xxv: see silk fabrics.
Aśvamedha, horse sacrifice, probable symbol of, 27.
Athene, on seal impressions, viii.
attendants, 41, 85.
Avalokiteśvara, 23, 30, 79, 104.

Badruddīn Khān passes painted fragments to Mr.
Harding, 24.
bāg, garden adjoining shrine, 108.
Bāgh cave paintings, xxvii, xxviii.
bairāgun, crutched stick carried by sādhūs (bairāgī), 96.
Balawaste in Turfān, xviii, xxii, xxiii, 24: see trimūrti
deity.
baldachino, 21: textiles from, found at Tun-huang,
52: see guttae, textiles.
Balkh, vii.
Balūchistān, explorations in, xiii.
bands, see costume.
bangles, see jewellery.

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