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scriptive List of Antiques presented by
H. I. Harding, Esq., App. M, 1052
sqq.
animals : stylized forms of, on silk, 236,
678 ; on rock carvings (Shindi), 729 ;
confronting pairs of, in Sassanian and
Chinese textiles, 238, 244. See also
grotesques, camels, horses, lions, mon-
keys, &c.
antefixæ, in clay, 443.
anthemion, bronze (L.M.), 200.
anthropometric measurements, among
Kirghiz, 853 sq., 858 ; in Wakhān,
863 ; in Shughnān, 881 ; in Rōshān, 854,
885 ; of Sayāds, Sistanis, Balūch, 925.
anthropometry. See Mr. T. A. Joyce's
App. C, 'Physical Anthropology of the
Pāmīrs and Oxus basin', 996 sqq.
Apsaras, on painted silk banner, 472.
Arabic characters, on bronze fr. (Kho-
tan), 126 ; on carnelian seal (Khotan),
127 ; inscription on rock (Darkōt), 46,
in Ghund valley, 883.
Arabs, defeat Chinese, A.D. 751, 37.
arches, structure of, (Ghāgha-shahr)
911 ; (Ātish-kadah) 928 ; (Kāsimā-
bād) 935. See also vaulting.
architectural frs. (stucco relief), 625.
architrave, carved wooden, 202.
Arhats, bronze statues of, (Nan-kou-
ch'eng) 512.
Ark. Han., objects brought by Tokhta-
Akhan as from 'Tatis' of Arkalik,
Hanguya, &c., 125 sq.
armlet, silver, (Darēl) 29.
armour, representations of, on frescoes,
139.
Arne, Dr. T. J., on 'Painted Stone Age
Pottery of Ho-nan', 955.
Ārpa-akin, branching bed of Yārkand
river, 89.
Arrian, his mention of Sīstān, 906.
arrow-heads :
bronze, (Darēl) 29 ; (Niya) 146, 149 ;
(Lou-lan) 207, 211, 234, 262, 267, 280 ;
(Limes) 426-8 ; (Kuchā) 825, 827 ;
triangular type used in Han period,
224, 274, 289, 290, 350, 392, 417, 423 ;
three-bladed type, 270, 274, 279, 346,
953, 970, 975 ; barbed, 346, 392, 423.
iron, 204, 421, 608, 770, 784.
stone, 86, 89, 191, 285, 289, 748 ;
(Sīstān) 951-2, 963-4, 968 ; types and
distribution of, 1089.
arrow-shafts : wooden, (M. Tāgh) 92, 95,
96 ; (Niya) 154 ; (Lou-lan) 246, 253,
257, 259, 277, 280 ; cane, 194, 201,
422 ; bamboo, 770, 784.
Arslan Kagan, Uigur king of Kao-
ch'ang, 582, 584.
Ārtush, river of, 68.
Arun-tokhai-darūljin, Mongol name of
ruin, T. XLVIII. c, 412.
Aṣḥāb-Kahf, Mazār of 'Seven Sleepers',
614.
Āsana, in Ch'ien-fo-tung, painted reliefs,

361 ; on block-prints (K.K.), 484, 485 ;
on canvas painting (Ma-ti-ssu), 518.
Askhābād, head-quarters of Transcas-
pian Province, 896.
aspiration, winds caused by, 210, 899.
Āstāna, ancient cemeteries of, 642
sqq. ; distribution of cemeteries, 642 ;
early plundering of tombs, 643 ; recent
spoliation by natives, 644 ; seventh-
century tombs in group i, 645 sqq. ;
figurines and other sepulchral deposits
in groups ii-v, 650 sqq. ; intact and
other burials in groups vi-x, 660 sqq. ;
description of intact tomb ix, 663 sqq.
date of burials, end of sixth to
middle of seventh century, 668 ;
sepulchral inscriptions dated, 647, 648,
658, 659, 663 sqq. ; dated documents,
657, 658, 664 ; Chinese character of
burials, 668 sq.
tombs, arrangement of, 668 sq. ;
rectangular enclosures, 643 ; pyra-
midal tumuli marking tomb-chambers,
643 ; plans of, 649, 650, 651, 653, 660
sq. ; passages, 667 ; antechambers and niches
for offerings, 649, 651, 653, 662, 667 ;
baldachin-shaped roof, 651 ; conical
roof with superimposed squares, 660,
661 ; wall-paintings recalling those of
Ch'ien-fo-tung, 651, 660, 661 ; silk
hangings on back wall, 645, 659, 666,
669.
coffins : made of wood with wooden
nails, 664, 669 ; covered with sheets of
silk or cotton, 664, 666, 669 ; position
of bodies, 649, 664, 669 ; waste papers
used for packing, 653 ; head supported
by cushion, 665.
shrouding and dress of bodies, 669
sq. ; outer shroud of cotton or silk,
645 sq., 651, 658, 662 sq., 665 sq. ; silk
shroud painted with faces of Fu-hsi
and Nü-wa (?), 648 sq., 658, 663 ;
rags of old clothes used for wrapping
bodies, 649 sq., 652 sq., 660 sq., 665
sq. ; similar practice at Lou-lan, 231 ;
paper models of shoes, hat, girdles, 659,
661, 665, 670.
faces protected by face-covers :
polychrome silk, 648 sqq., 659, 662,
665 ; silver spectacles placed over eyes,
647 sqq., 662, 665 sqq. ; coins or other
substitutes placed over eyes, 647, 670.
burial customs :
wives buried in same tomb as hus-
bands, 649, 651, 659, 666, 669.
Vajra-shaped pieces of wood held
in hands of dead, 649, 659, 666, 669.
Fu-hsi and Nü-wa, figures of, en-
twined, on wall-hanging, 666 ; on
coffin covers, 665, 669.
coins, or imitation coins, placed in
mouth of dead man, 646, 648, 649,
659, 670 ; coins or substitutes placed
with the dead, 671.
objects placed within the coffins :

articles of toilette, &c., 648, 650, 661,
667 ; model garments in paper, 653,
661, 663 ; models of weapons, &c., 661,
663.
provision of food for dead : pedes-
tals for carrying food vessels, 657, 664 ;
painted sepulchral pottery and shallow
wooden food bowls, 645, 647, 648, 651,
663, 664 ; food, grapes, fruit, 648, 651,
664 ; fancy pastry, 651, 653, 654.
objects placed in tombs : models
of buildings, 649, 650, 654 ; of furni-
ture, 662 ; of carts, 650, 651, 662,
664 ; miniature flags, 650, 651 ;
painted wooden pegs, 650.
attendants of the dead : clay or
wooden figurines of men and women,
650, 651, 653, 660 ; of horses and
riders, 652, 653, 657, 662 ; of animals,
648, 649, 654 ; dough figurines of men,
650, 664 ; straw man, 650.
demons in clay, 649, 652, 653,
662 ; ducks, wooden, 645, 647, 664.
textiles of Āstāna : compared with
Lou-lan and Ch'ien-fo-tung, 672 sqq.
675 ; abundance of figured silks, 673 ;
origin of plain silk materials, 673 ;
polychrome figured silks, 673 ; damasks
and decorated gauzes, 673 ; printed
and 'resist'-dyed silks, 674 ; Sasanian
and Western imports, 675 sq. ; Western
designs imitated in Chinese stuffs,
677 ; Sino-Sasanian patterns, 677 ;
Chinese and Sasanian motifs blended,
678 ; designs distinctively Chinese,
678 ; Chinese design of quasi-archaic
style, 678 ; Chinese floral or geometric
patterns, 679.
List of Antiques from, 680 sqq. ;
Chinese sepulchral inscriptions from,
983 sqq., 1032 sqq. ; coins from, 993
sq.
Āstin-Artush, oasis, 68.
astronomical constellations, on painted
silk hanging (Āstāna), 797.
Athene (?) on seals (Khotan), 110, 127.
Atik-tsagan, locality on Etsin-gol, 507.
Ātish-kadah, or Ātish-gāh, ruined site in
Sīstān, 927 sq. ; evidence of Zoroas-
trian worship, 928 ; antiquity of,
proved by pottery, 928 ; pottery frs.
from, 930.
Ātürük, village, 535.
Avalokitésvara, on block-print, (K.K.)
481 ; on painted panel, (Khotan)
1035.
Avesta : notices of Sīstān, 906 sqq. ; loca-
tion of Mt. Ushidhāo, 923 ; Sīstān
rivers mentioned in, 924, 932.
awrins, in Oxus gorges, 889.
Ayak-tura, watch-tower on road to
Korla, 771.
Ayāz, founder of Sang-bast, 897.
Ayūb Mirāb, 74, 76.
Azghan-bulak, spring, 729 sq.
'Azīm Pāwān, Niya hunter, 140.