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Innermost Asia : vol.2 |
| 極奥アジア : vol.2 |
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descending from the Kuruk-tāgh to the south, is sufficiently accounted for by what we have learned
above of the extent of the mountain area drained by that river, and of the height of the Hsi-ta-shan
range in which its feeders rise. A reference to the map shows that similarly favourable conditions
for the collection of drainage do not exist in any other portion of the western Kuruk-tāgh.
Location of
Chu-pin at
Ying-p'an. In view of the archaeological evidence obtained by me at a series of abandoned sites all along
the southern edge of the Taklamakān and in the northern portion of the Tārim basin, I think
we may safely recognize that the amount of water available for irrigation has diminished during
historical times throughout this great region of innermost Asia, whatever may be the direct causes,
rate of progress, and other factors connected with this process.¹⁷ Nor does the probability that
cultivation on any appreciable scale is at present impracticable at Ying-p'an affect the question
of the former importance of the site ; for the number of the ruined shrines and the size of the
circumvallation traced there conclusively attest the former existence of a fairly large settlement
at this point. The Kharoṣṭhī documents, mere fragments as they are, found at shrine 1 suffice
to prove that the period of occupation of the site goes back as far as that which dated records
enable us to assign to the Lou-lan station L.A. This chronological evidence in respect of the
Ying-p'an site indirectly supports the location of 'the town of Chu-pin' at that place ; for the
account of Li Tao-yüan, or rather the record on which it is based, shows that at the time when the
information was obtained both the 'towns' of Chu-pin and Lou-lan were still actually occupied.
Continued
occupation
of site. We know that the settlement at the latter place must have been abandoned about the middle
of the fourth century. Occupation at Ying-p'an on the other hand probably continued into T'ang
times, as shown by the T'ang coin picked up there and by collateral evidence found at the watch-
stations of Kurghān and farther towards Korla. But this is exactly what was to be expected ;
for long after the road through Lou-lan had ceased to be used, traffic from the side of Shan-shan,
i. e. the Lop region, towards Korla is likely to have clung to the old and convenient route which
led to it past Ying-p'an. The presence of surface water and the consequent possibility of some
cultivation must have alone assured the continued occupation of the site, just as the springs and the
grazing in the neighbouring portion of the Kuruk-daryā bed have caused Ying-p'an to remain to
this day a regular and necessary halting-place for travellers following the direct route from Lop
to Turfān.
Reconnais-
sance
towards
Konche-
daryā. The above explorations will sufficiently explain my special interest in the region which separates
the bed of the Kuruk-daryā at Ying-p'an from the present course of the Konche-daryā. A recon-
naissance made on March 20th, the last day of our stay at Ying-p'an, had shown that the bed of
the 'Dry River' bending northward from our camping place approaches quite close to the end
of the several flood-beds from the Shindi river below the ruined site ; thence it could be followed
to the south-west for close on three miles, before it became indistinct. Continuing farther in the
same direction, we passed rows of dead Toghraks striking to the south-east and suggesting successive
shifts of the Konche-daryā from its ancient to its present bed. Lāl Singh had made the same
observation when he followed the track leading from Konche-örtang (also known as Turfān-
karaul) to Ying-p'an. But obviously such dune-smothered channels as these rows of dead trees
probably mark lie too far south to be considered as possible feeders of the Kuruk-daryā.
On the evening of the same day the additional supplies arrived from Tikenlik, but to my
disappointment the Loplik guide asked for from Singer and again from Ying-p'an failed to appear.
His absence, probably due to apprehensions of official displeasure, would necessarily hamper us
in our work towards Korla. All the same I kept to my previously arranged plan. We should
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