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barrier against northern inroads, 409 ;
part in border defence scheme of Han
period, 410 ; physical features of
eastern side, 410 ; ruined tower of
Han period near Shuang-ch'êng-tzŭ,
410 ; line of Limes in W., 411 ; de-
fences of oasis to N., 412 sq. ; routes
leading to, from Su-chou, 405.
Maps, corrections of : No. 19, 142 n. 5 ;
No. 21, 791 ; No. 25, 281 ; No. 29,
281, 183 n. 4 ; 208 nn. 15, 17, 291 ;
No. 30, 181 n. 3 ; No. 32, 291, 262
n. 8 ; No. 35, 328 nn. 4, 5 ; 329 n. 8 ;
No. 38, 345 n. 7, 346 n. 13, 347 n. 15 ;
No. 40, 390 n. 4.
Marāl-bāshi, town, 74 ; advantageous
position of, 837 ; no mention of in
Chinese records, 838 ; ancient route
through, 77 sqq., 836.
hills of, geologically connected with
Khotan Mazār-tāgh, 82.
marble frs., (Lou-lan) 198, 200.
Marinus, his account of ancient silk trade
route preserved by Ptolemy, 848 sqq.
marl, (Murtuk) 94.
Marquart, Prof., on Bhattavaryān, &c.,
9 n. 12.
Marshall, Sir John, Director-General of
Archaeology, effective aid of, vii, xv.
Mashik, expert searcher of tombs, As-
tāna, 644 sqq.
masks, appliqué (Khotan sites) 103, 105,
109, 111, 118, 119, 123, 125 ; with
potsherd attached, 103 ; grotesque
human, 103, 118, 119, 123, 125 ; lion,
103, 104, 105, 109, 119 ; monkey,
119 ; Neptune-like head, 104 ; satyr-
head, 104.
See grotesques.
Mason, Major K., Survey of India, help
of, ix.
mason's emblems, in the hands of Fu-
Hsi, 666, 707.
Maspero, M. Henri, help of, xvi ; on
'Chinese Sepulchral Inscriptions',
263 sq. ; notes on Chinese tablets,
262 ; translation of Chinese docu-
ments, 343, 345 sq., 400, 441 ; on
Chinese manuscripts, (Toyuk) 619 ;
(Astāna) 647, 657.
Mastūj, communication with Yāsīn, 40.
Matraun village, 888.
matting, of hemp-string, (Lou-lan) 245,
247.
Maulāī Ihsāns, tombs of, (Tāsh-kurghān)
57.
Maulāna Hamid Khōjam, Ziārat of,
(Murtuk) 636.
Mazārs of Muhammadan saints, (Mazār-
tāgh), 93. See Muhammadan shrines ;
Ziārats.
Mazār-dōbe, cone-like hillock worshipped
by Kirghiz, 861.
Mazār-kōt, pre-Muhammadan sacred
place near, 30.
Mazār-tāgh, near Marāl-bāshi, 73, 89.
Mazār-tāgh, on Khotan river : range
connecting with Marāl-bāshi hills, 82 ;
in geological character resembles
Marāl-bāshi hills, 91.
Mazār-tāgh site, finds from, 92 sqq., 988.
McMahon, Col. Sir Henry, advice of, vii ;
head of Perso-Afghan Boundary Com-
mission, 907 ; on archaeological im-
portance of wind-eroded terraces in
Sīstān, 950 n. 1 ; collection of antiques
at Quetta, 980.
Md. = Mound, see R.R. (Rām-rūd).
medallions, on frescoes, (Kuduk-kōl) 132.
Mêng-chieh-li, ancient capital of Swāt,
21 n. 6.
Mêng-hsün, 'Ruler of Ho-hsi', 575.
Mêng K'ang's commentary on Ch'ien Han
shu, on 'dragon-shaped mounds', 310.
Mer. = Merdek-shahr, objects from, 787.
Merdek, ruined fort of : connexion of,
with Ying-p'an, 754 ; on transverse
route connecting 'route of the centre'
and 'route of the south', 765.
Merdek-shahr, alleged antiques from,
787 n. 2 ; location uncertain, ib.
Merki pass, 61.
Mesa of the coin and the dagger, once
halting-place W. of the Lop sea-bed
on 'route of the centre', 297.
Mesas, wind-eroded clay terraces, (Lop
sea-bed) 226 sqq. ; (Lou-lan) 284, 291
sqq. ; (Bēsh-toghrak) 329 ; (Kuruk-
tāgh) 732 sq., 743, 749 ; (Sīstān) 944,
947 sqq. ; formed of layers of clay and
sandstone, (Bēsh-toghrak) 330 ; in-
dicating old lake-beds, 291, 317, 335 ;
fantastic shapes, due to erosion, 283 ;
suggesting ruined structures, 291, 295,
329 ; occupied by herdsmen as a
refuge from insects, 285 ; orientation
and geological origin of, 226, 263 ;
direction indicating prevailing winds,
226, 263, 310, 323, 770, 950.
Meshed, stay at, 896.
Mestchersky, Prince, Russian Consul-
General at Kashgar, assistance ren-
dered by, 843.
metal objects : cache of metal worker,
(Kao-ch'ang) 593.
metal work, skill in, among nomadic
races of Central Asia, 584.
Mi-chih, king of Anterior Chi-shih, guides
Lü Kuang, 575.
mica frs., (Kizil-yār) 123.
Mil-i-Kāsimābād, tower of (Sīstān), in-
scriptions from, 935 ; method of
vaulting, 935.
millet, from tomb, (Astāna) 704.
mines, (T'ien-shan) 70 ; (Kuruk-tāgh)
725 ; (Kuchā) 805.
Ming Annals, on Huo-chou, 585.
Ming-ōi, above Shōrchuk, ancient watch-
towers at, possible connexion with
Korla route, 783.
Ming-ōi, of Jigdalik, 832 sqq.
Ming-ōi, of Kizil, 830.
'Ming-ōi' shrines (Kara-shahr), sculp-
tures compared with those of Khara-
khoto, 442 sq.
Ming-shui, wells, 528 ; routes passing
through, 535.
Ming-taka pass, 53.
minstrel and dancers, on brass mirror,
(Kara-khōja) 601.
Mīr Muhammad, Turkomān, 898.
Mīr Sharīf, guide in Kuchā, 807 sqq.
Mīr Walī, fort, 44.
Mīrs of Shākh-dara, 879 n. 7, 881 n. 15 ;
of Shughnān, 887.
Mīrān, ancient capital of Shan-shan,
revisited, 170 sqq. ; great change
in cultivation since 1906, 170 ; new
Loplik settlement, 170 ; abundant
irrigation resources, 170 ; population
still inadequate, 170 ; identified with
Yü-ni, 171 ; wall-paintings of shrine v,
damage done since 1907, 171 ; re-
moval of painted dado of N. hemi-
cycle, 172 ; method of operation, 172 ;
previous records of, 172 ; ruined
watch-tower, M. xv, 173 ; ruined
shrine M. xiv, 173 ; rotunda contain-
ing Stūpa base 173 ; finds in, prove
occupation in eighth and ninth cen-
turies, 173 ; ruined mound, M. xv,
174 ; rotunda of Vihāra chapel, 174 ;
sculptured remains from, 174 ; fea-
tures of collapsed dome, 174 ; date,
fifth century (?), 175 ; frescoes com-
pared with woollen tapestries of L.C.,
241 ; pottery of, 1014.
Mo-shan, 'the Black Hills', kingdom of,
mentioned by Li Tao-yüan, the Shan
of Han Annals, located in Kuruk-
tāgh, 292, 724, 762.
Mo-tzŭ, philosopher, influence of, in
favour of economy, 670.
mocassins, red leather, found on body in
grave at L.F., 264.
models of objects placed in tombs :
baton-like weapon, (Astāna) 663, 704 ;
bow and arrows, 660, 699 ; board for
game, 662, 704 ; carriages and carts,
662, 664, 688, 702, 706 ; furniture,
662, 701.
Mōji, valley of, 844 sq.
Moldovack, Mr. K., objects presented
by, 99, 109, 111.
monastic structures (Koyumal), arrange-
ment of rooms in, 165.
Mongol conquest of China, 409 ; annals
of dynasties, 585.
Mongol herdsmen, from Kara-shahr, met
near Tun-huang, 372 ; passage of, from
Tun-huang through Kuruk-tāgh, 319 ;
distances traversed by, 414 ; camps in
Etsin-gol, 413, 430 ; gradual change
in way of life, 435.
Mongol type, depicted in drawings,
(Khara-khoto) 486.
Mongolian manuscripts : from Turfān,
1047 ; Etsin-gol, 461, 1049.

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