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Ghizar, district, connects Yāsīn with
Mastūj and Lāspur, 40.
Ghōra-akin, old branch of Kāshgar
river, 91 n. 2.
Ghōra-chōl, village, 91.
Ghund, valley, 883 ; tradition of Chinese
control, 883.
gilded objects : bronze bangle, (Lou-lan)
190 ; bronze plate, (Lou-lan) 245, 248 ;
glass beads, (Lou-lan), 193, 199, 204 ;
silver ear-ring, (Lou-lan) 188.
Giles, Dr. Lionel, help offered by, xvii,
xxi, 358 ; on 'Chinese Inscriptions and
Records', App. I, 1032 sqq. ; trans-
lation of Chinese records by, 347, 356,
358 ; interpretation of Chinese inscrip-
tions, 466, 647, 657, 664 sqq., 697.
Gilgit, route to, menace from Chilās, 4 :
old road through Chilās, 4.
glaciation, remains of : (Tōke-sakrik)
53 ; (Tangi-tar) 60 ; (Merki) 61 ;
recession of, in Pāmīrs, 852.
glaciers : Bāshkar-gāh, 41 ; Darkōt pass,
47 ; affluences of Yārkhan and Karam-
bar rivers, 48 ; below Shuiyenj, 50 ;
on Chillinji pass, 51 ; Ming-taka pass,
52 ; bifurcation on Karambār pass,
49 ; along rim of Pāmīrs, 851 sqq. ;
Adūde pass, 888 ; Shitam, 884 ;
Sitargh pass, 890.
retrogression of, 49, 852, 888 ; ad-
vance of, 50, 884 ; lakes formed by,
856 ; terminal moraines formed by,
858.
glass : miscellaneous frs., (Khotan) 110 ;
(Niya) 148 ; (Vāsh-shahri) 162 ; (Lou-
lan) 220, 278 ; (Kao-ch'ang) 597, 608 ;
(Tajik) 813, 823 ; (Sistān) 960, 962 ;
cut, 220 ; moulded, 220 ; green, 813,
823.
glass slag, suggesting local manufacture,
(Lou-lan) 196, 199.
glass vessels, frs., 196, 193, 196, 199,
200, 207, 212, 217, 220 ; with 'ap-
pliqué' ribs, 200 ; spout, 200 ; tum-
bler, 756, 760.
goat, on figured silks, (Lou-lan) 250.
goat's hair, (Yutōgh) 611 n. 4 ; bands of,
(Lou-lan) 195, 203 ; (Ying-p'an) 751,
758.
goat's-hair fabric, frs. of : (Niya) 151 ;
(Lou-lan) 222, 735, 737.
goat's head, in silhouette on pottery,
(Kalāt-i-gird) 951, 961.
goatskin frs., (Lou-lan) 202.
goitre, frequency of, in Yāzgulām, 889
n. 7.
gold, washed in Darēl, 22.
gold objects : filigree ear- or nose-ring,
(Niya) 146, 148 ; finger-ring, (Lou-
lan) 263, 269 ; strip of, (Astāna) 647.
gold-foil, on iron disc, (Lou-lan) 245, 248.
Goloubew, M., on Chinese silk designs,
240.
goose : on silk, (Loulan) 247 ; (Astāna)
679, 684 ; on tapestry, (Astāna) 663.
'Gorgoneion': on pottery, (Khotan) 102 ;
on antefix, (Khara-khoto), 443, 470.
gourd, fr. of, (Niya) 151.
Graeco-Buddhist art, traces of, (Darēl)
20 ; (Chaturkand) 26 ; (Dodō-kōt) 30.
See also Gandhāra.
granite, (Yen-tun) 530.
grapes, in tomb, (Astāna) 653, 691.
graphite stick, fr. of, (Khotan) 110 ;
(Kuchā) 825.
grass objects : baskets, melon-shaped,
(Lou-lan) 735, 743, 748 ; broom,
(Kao-ch'ang) 604 ; distemper brush,
(Murtuk) 640 ; mats, (Limes) 425, 427.
gravel glacis, (E. of Lop sea-bed) 302 ;
(T'ien-shan) 836.
grazing grounds : (Kara-tāsh valley) 62,
63 ; (Yārkand) 90 ; (Khotan) 92 ;
(Niya) 142 ; (Etsin-gol) 431 ; (Ma-
tsun-shan) 526 ; (Alai valley) 847 ;
(Kuchā) 805 ; (Faizābād) 891.
abandonment of, due to diminution
of summer floods, 142 ; endangered by
shortage of water, 431.
Great Wall : historical interest of, 858 ;
Hsüan-tsang's account of, 858 ; Marco
Polo on, 859 sq.
'Great Wall', the medieval, decayed
state of, in Kan-chou river valley
contrasted with state of Han Limes,
520 ; inferior construction of, 403, 405.
Grierson, Sir George, on languages of
Oxus valley, 871.
griffins, on silk damask, (Lou-lan) 258.
Groot, J. J. M. de, on the disposal of the
dead in China, 228, 648 sqq.
grotesque animals : on pottery and terra-
cotta, (Khotan) 103-6, 109, 111, 112 ;
on lacquered casket, (Lou-lan) 201 ;
on tapestry, (Lou-lan) 194, 201. See
also monkeys, &c.
grotesque faces and heads on terra-cottas,
(Khotan) 101, 102, 104, 118, 119,
1053 ; (Ch'iao-wan-ch'êng) 388 ; on
wooden pegs, (Limes) 393, 416, 423.
grotesque figures : squatting, (Khotan)
101, 105, 107 ; Bacchic, 105.
grotesque monsters : on bronze vase,
(Chalma-kazān) 123 ; on Chinese tex-
tiles, (Lou-lan) 194, 201. See also
demons, ogres.
Grum Grshimailo, MM., route followed
by, to Hāmi, 381 ; sketch-map of, 527,
539.
Grünwedel, Professor A. : his explora-
tions in Turlān, 566, 584, 589 sqq. ;
excavations of, at Bezeklik, 633 ; his
Altbuddhistische Kultstätten, 633 ; on
ruins of Kuchā, 803 ; on Kizil Ming-öi,
830.
Guchen, commercial importance of, 554 ;
intercourse with Turlān, 554. See also
Chüh-shih, Pei-t'ing.
guilloche, on bronze, 900.
Gulakhma, oasis, increased cultivation
of, 128.
gumbas ('domed tomb'): (Tāsh-kur-
ghān) 58 ; (Chichiklik) 59 ; (Kara-
tāsh) 64 ; (Khara-khoto) 437.
Gūpis, village, junction of Yāsīn and
Gilgit valleys at, 30 ; fort, 41.
Gupta type of Brāhmī script, 832, 1017.
gypsum flakes on decomposed clay and
Mesas, (Lop desert) 291, 292, 296,
298, 299, 302, 313.
haematite, fr. of, (Niya) 148.
Haētumant, 'having dams', Avestic
name of Helmand, 932 ; classical
forms of name, 932.
Haig, Sir Wolseley, H.B.M.'s Consul-
General at Meshed, help received from,
895.
halberd-heads, miniature (stucco relief),
616, 623, 626.
haloes : fresco, (Kuduk-kōl), 132 ; stucco
reliefs, (Khotan) 122 ; (Domoko) 132,
134, 136 ; wooden : (Kuduk-kōl) 129,
131, 135, 1053 ; on block-prints, 501
sqq. See also Buddha, vesica.
Hāmi, oasis : geographical connexion
with Barkul, 538 ; historical relations
with Barkul, 539 sqq. ; Chinese ad-
vance upon, in A. D. 73, 540 ; struggles
between Chinese and Huns for its pos-
session, 541 ; attacked by Turks of
Turlān, 544, 546 ; recovered by China
from Dzungars, 546 ; used as a base
in 1875-7 against Tungans, 547.
Hāmi, route from Su-chou : through
Ch'iao-wan-ch'êng, 379 ; alternative
route, 381.
Hāmin lake, terminal basin of Helmand,
338 ; on Shan and P'u-ch'ang, 293 ;
shrinkage of, 905 ; compared with
Tārīm, 905.
Han Annals, on I-hsün, 164 ; on Chinese
relations with Parthia and Irān, 245.
Han Annals, the Former: on 'White
Dragon Mounds', 309 ; on opening of
'new route of the north', 310 ; on
provision of supplies on Lou-lan route,
338 ; on Shan and P'u-ch'ang, 293 ;
no mention of Hāmi, or Barkul, 539 ;
on residence of 'Posterior king of
Chü-shih', 558 ; on Shan, 723, 724 ;
on Wei-li, 777 ; on Ch'ü-li, 794.
Han Annals, the Later : on Barkul and
its history, 540 sqq. ; itinerary from
Kao-ch'ang to Chü-man, 565.
Han period, relics of, (Lou-lan) 194, 195,
208, 227, 231 sqq. (Limes) 43, 393 ;
silk trade, 233 sqq.
Han chia chai, in Wang Yen-tê's itinerary,
or Han chiang chai, in Sung itinerary,
'the camp or mound of the Chinese',
located at Yoghan-terek, 583 n. 6.
Han-p'an-t'o, Chinese name of Sarīkol,
56.
Han Po-chou, set up by the Juan-juan as
ruler of Kao-ch'ang, 576.
Hanguya 'Tati', antiques from, 99 n. 5.
Har. = Harding, App. M, 1052.