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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

tāna) 701 ; drawing of, in Chinese text,
626 ; on bronze seal, (Khotan) 109 ;
on stucco reliefs, (Toyuk) 616, 622.
Bīwa, musical instrument, in block-print,
505.
block-printed pictures and designs on
paper leaves, (Khara-khoto) 450, 451,
465, 475, 479 sqq. ; (Kao-ch'ang), 594,
596 ; (Toyuk) 626 ; (Murtuk) 637 ; on
wooden board (Etsin-gol) 461, 504.
block-printing, technique of, 597.
boars' heads, forming head of bronze
pickaxe, (Khotan), 114 ; worked in
figured silk, (Astāna) 648, 649, 676.
Bodhi-tree, in block-print, 484.
Bodhisattvas, heads of : stucco reliefs,
(Khotan) 117 ; (Domoko) 133 ; (Mīrān)
174, 178, 179 ; (Tajik) 813, 823 ; fresco,
(Balawaste) 136 ; (Murtuk) 640, 641 ;
terra-cotta relief, (Balawaste), 134.
figures of, standing : on painted
panel, (Domoko) 134 ; (Khotan) 1054 ;
on painted silk (Khara-khoto), 471,
489, 499 ; stucco relief, (Toyuk) 632.
figures of, seated : in fresco, (Bala-
waste), 137 ; stucco relief, (Ma-ti-ssŭ)
517.
stucco statues of, by side of Buddha
image, (Ma-ti-ssŭ).
Bogach-köl, lake, 71.
Bojō-köt, fort, burial remains at, 24.
Bokhāra, visit to, 895.
bone objects : pins, (L.F.) 265, 269 ;
(L.S.) 735, 740.
ornamental plate, (Jigdalik) 833 n. 4.
bones, human, frs. of, (Mīrān) 179. See
burial-grounds, &c.
book illustrations : miniature blocks
representing Buddhas inserted in text,
451.
Bostān-arche, locality, vegetation of, 844.
boundaries, natural, defiles more im-
portant than watersheds, 872.
bows : wooden, (M. Tāgh) 92, 94.
Bower, Père A. M., deciphers Kharoṣṭhī
documents, xvii.
Brāhmī script : on clay Stūpa, (Khara-
khoto) 443 ; on clay tablets, (Khara-
khoto) 500 ; (Toyuk) 626 ; on fresco,
(Balawaste) 139 ; (Toyuk) 618, 629 ;
on leaves, (Kao-ch'ang) 592 ; on paper,
(M. Tāgh) 92 ; (Astāna) 662 ; (Yār-
khoto) 714 ; on seal, (Domoko) 134 ; on
terra-cotta vessel, (Khotan) 1053 ; on
wooden panels, (Khotan) 1055 ; on
wooden tablets, (Domoko) 133 ;
(Khotan) 1052.
MSS. : (Kuduk-köl) 128 sq., 132 ;
(Koyumal) 165 ; (Bāsh-Koyumal) 167 ;
(L.M.)194 ; (Jigdalik) 832 ; (Khotan) 1016
sqq., 1026 sqq. ; (Kuchā) 1029 sq.
types of : Gupta, 165 ; cursive, 195 ;
slanting Central Asian, 194.
brass objects : buckle, (Khotan) 111 ;
disc, (Toyuk) 632 ; ferrule, (Toyuk)
632 ; mirrors, (Kao-ch'ang) 593, 601.

Bretschneider, Dr., Medieval Re-
searches, 584.
brick, moulded, frs. of, (Kao.) 601, 609 ;
with fret pattern in relief, (Hu) 559.
bricks, sun-dried, measurements of,
(Koyumal) 164 ; (Bāsh-Koyumal) 166 ;
(Mīrān) 173 ; (Limes) 345, 346, 349,
351, 369, 373, 377, 382, 384, 385,
301, 401, 407, 408, 410, 412 ; (Etsin-
gol) 430, 431, 436, 442, 447, 452 ;
(Turfān) 612, 614 ; (Yār-khoto) 716 ;
(Ying-p'an) 759 sq. ; (Korla route)
769, 771, 773, 775 sq. ; (Korla to
Kuchā) 788, 791, 798 sq., 807 sq. ;
(Yamchūn) 867 ; (Qala-i-Qa'qa) 873,
875 ; (Ghala-koh) 923 ; (Ghāgha-
shahr) 919, 922 ; (Shahrīstān) 926 ;
(Ātish-kadah) 928, 929 ; (Zāhidān)
933, 934 ; (Mil-i-Kāsimābād) 935 ;
(Burj-i-Afghān) 937 ; (Akhur-i-Rus-
tam) 945, 946 ; (Kalāt-i-gird) 948,
949 ; Sīstān watch-stations, 973 sqq.
standard measurement on Tun-
huang Limes, 345.
large sun-dried bricks and slabs used
for building dome, 175.
use of straw in sun-dried bricks,
(Sīstān) 973.
sepulchral inscriptions on dated, (As-
tāna) 647, 648, 684, 983 sqq., 1032 sqq.
bridge, rope, over Sō-i, at Gilgit river, at
Gūpis, 42.
British Museum, accommodation and
assistance offered at, xvi.
bronze, frs. and misc. objects found :
(Darēl) 29 ; (Khotan) 108, 109, 113,
116, 117, 121, 126 ; (Domoko) 134 sq. ;
(Niya) 148 sq. ; (Lou-lan sites) 189 sq.,
193, 198 sqq., 207, 211, 220, 230, 248
sq., 266, 268, 274, 279 ; (Khara-khoto)
463 sq., 502 sq. ; (Astāna) 699 sq. ;
(Merdek-shahr) 787 n. 2 ; (Kuchā
sites) 822, 824 sqq. ; (Sīstān sites) 954,
961, 965, 972.
anthemion ornament, (Lou-lan) 196,
200 ; ball, (Limes f.) 420 ; bar of
balance (?), (Khotan) 122 ; battle-
axe (?), (Lou-lan) 190 ; bangles, (Lou-
lan) 190 ; bell, (Kao-ch'ang) 593, 602 ;
bezel of jewel, (Lou-lan) 196, 200 ; bolt,
(Lou-lan) 744, 747 ; bosses, (Khotan)
114 ; (Merdek-shahr) 787 n. 2 ; bowl,
(Ying-p'an) 756, 760 ; brooch set-
ting, (Lou-lan) 189 ; bracelet, (Kho-
tan), 122 ; buckles, (M. Tāgh) 95 ;
(Khotan) 114 sq. ; (Domoko) 133 ;
(Ulūgh-ziārat) 135 ; (Niya) 146, 148 ;
(Lou-lan sites) 189, 204, 224, 245, 249,
744, 747 ; (Ying-p'an) 770, 784 ;
(Kuchā) 824 ; buttons, (Khotan) 114 ;
(Lou-lan sites) 220, 245, 248 ; caldrons,
(Kao-ch'ang) 593, 601, 602 ; cat's-
bell, (Khotan) 111 ; (Niya) 148 ; (Lou-
lan) 196, 200 ; (Khara-khoto) 501 ;
(Kuchā) 824, 826 ; clasp, (Khara-
khoto) 464 ; clip, (Ying-p'an) 784 ;

cooking-pots, (Kao-ch'ang) 593, 604,
605 ; cube, (Khotan) 111 ; dagger,
(L.Q.) 744, 747 ; discs, (Khotan) 115 ;
(Khara-khoto) 464 ; (Lou-lan) 744,
747 ; ear-pick, (Lou-lan) 196, 201 ; fer-
rules, (Domoko sites) 134 ; (Lou-lan)
268 ; hinge, (Khotan) 124 ; (Niya)
148 ; hook, (Lou-lan) 245, 248 ; jave-
lin, (Lou-lan) 285, 289 ; knife-tip (?),
(Sīstān) 951, 961 ; loops, (Kara-khōja)
597 ; mace-head (Kara-khōja) 595,
597 ; miniature wine-jug, (Khotan)
99, 122 ; mirrors, (Khotan) 117 ;
(Lou-lan sites) 207, 211, 217 sqq., 245,
248, 260, 268 ; (Tun-huang) 423 ;
(Khara-khoto) 456 ; (Kao-ch'ang) 595,
sq., 598 ; nails, (Lou-lan) 199 ; needle,
(Lou-lan) 220 ; nozzle, (Limes) 421 ;
ornaments, (Khotan) 111 ; (Kuchā)
828 ; pendant, (Kara-khōja) 597 ;
(Ying-p'an) 784 ; pick-axes, miniature
(Khotan) 99, 114 ; pin, (Lou-lan)
201 ; plates, (Khotan) 114, 117 ;
(Koyumal) 168 ; (Lou-lan) 189, 192,
207, 212, 279 ; (Astāna) 666, 696 ;
(Ying-p'an) 784 ; (Kuchā) 823 ; rings,
(Lou-lan sites) 217, 210, 221, 278 ;
(Khara-khoto) 464 ; (Kuchā) 824,
826 ; rivet, (Lou-lan) 220 ; rivet-
plate, (Lou-lan) 204 ; rod, (Niya) 148 ;
sheath ornament, (Ulūgh-ziārat) 135 ;
sheet, fr. of, (Limes) 427 ; (Kao-
ch'ang) 594, 695 ; spoons, spoon-
handles, (Khotan) 114 ; (Kizil-Yār)
123, 124 ; (Khādalik) 134 ; stirrup-
shaped object, (Lou-lan) 220 ; strap-
clip, (Lou-lan) 204 ; strap-end, (Limes)
416 ; strap-loops (Kizil-Yār) 124 ;
studs, (Khotan sites) 114, 115, 126 ;
(Lou-lan sites) 179, 217, 221, 224 ;
(Limes) 382, 421 ; (Kuchā) 824, 826 ;
tag, (near C. cv) 316, 320 ; tube,
(Lou-lan) 734, 740 ; tweezers, (Lou-
lan) 271, 278 ; vase-shaped object,
(Mujnābād) 900 ; weight, (Kao-ch'ang)
595, 598 ; wire, (Lou-lan sites) 199,
222, 279 ; (Kuchā) 827 ; wire hoops,
(Sīstān) 969 ; wire loop, (Lou-lan) 221 ;
wire ring, (Limes) 420.
See also arrow-heads, rings, seals,
&c.
bronze figurines of Bodhisattva, (Kara-
khōja) 598.
bronze statues of Āduna-kōra, (Nan-kou-
ch'êng) 512.
bronze statuette, (Āduna-kōra) 463.
bronze relief work : lion head, (Kuchā)
824 ; mirrors, (Lou-lan sites), 245,
248 ; seal, (Sīstān) 952, 959 ; vase
with relief of ogre and Chinese dragon,
(Chalma-kāzān) 123.
broom, (Limes) 346, 416.
brush (?) of grass, 423.
Buddha :
colossal clay images of, (Nan-kou-
ch'êng) 512 ; (Ying-p'an) 755.