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Uighur script, 92, 440, 585, 590 sq., 600,
609, 615, 626, 714 ; Syrian origin of,
585 n. 19 ; manuscripts from Turfān
sites, 1147, from Khara-khoto, 1049.
' Inventory List of MS. Fragments
in Uighur, &c.', by Professor A. von
Le Coq, App. K, pp. 1047 sqq.
Ulan-dürüljin, fort of Han times (?), 414.
Ulan-tementu, Nullah at foot of Kuruk-
tāgh, 274.
Uliassutai, Chinese administrative centre
in outer Mongolia, 527.
Ūlūgh-art pass, glaciers of, 844.
Ulūgh-mazār, Ulūgh-ziārat, Hsüan-
tsang's P'i-mo, Marco Polo's Pein,
finds from, 130, 135.
Ümne-gol, branch of, Etsin-gol river,
431, 433, 434, 436.
Unutai pass, 15.
Upaiyōt, cliffs near Gūpis, 41.
Upajāti metre, in Sanskrit texts, 1018
sqq.
Urasā, ancient name of Hazāra, 6.
Ūrnā, on stucco relief fr., 133.
Urumchi, visit to, 634.
Ushidhāo, Mount, in Avesta, identifica-
tion of, 923 ; meaning of name, 924
n. 9.
Uṣṇīṣa, on block-prints, 484 sq., 494,
497 ; on fresco, 639 ; on stucco relief,
126, 133 ; on wooden halo, 131.

V.S. = Vāsh-shahri site.
Vajra, on canvas painting, 518 ; on
painted panel, 1054 ; on stucco reliefs,
616, 623.
Vajrapāṇi, or demon, on silk banner,
479 ; enthroned on lotus, in block-
print, 504.
valley defiles, importance of, as natural
boundaries, 872.
Van Eecke, Father, of Belgian mission,
kindness of, 519.
Vara-mudrā, pose, 505.
Vāsh-shahri, the Hsin-ch'êng of T'ang
Annals, founded A.D. 627–49, 161 ;
occupied in twelfth century, 161 ;
increased cultivation of, 161 ; irriga-
tion resources of, 161 ; ruined site of,
160 ; cemetery remains, 161 ; 'Tati'
remains from, 161 ; traces of old
routes and canals, 162 ; finds at, 162,
163, 1014.
vaulting, methods of, in Sistān, 910,
928, 935, 936, 937, 945, 973, 976 ;
western type, 933, 934, 944, 946.
vegetable fibre fabrics, (Limes) 446.
Verberne, Père, Belgian missionary,
509.
vesica, wooden, 69 ; on clay plaques,
361 ; on frescoes, 139 ; in stucco
reliefs, 123, 126, 131 ; painted panel,
113.
Victoria lake, 858 sqq.
Vihāra chapels : (Koyumal) 164 ; (Mi-
rān) 174 ; (Yār-khoto) 714.

Vilvil, spur of, 73.
vine stem, frs. of, (Ying-p'an) 751, 758.
vines, ancient method of planting at
Niya site, survives in Khotan region,
145.
votive offerings : banners, 101, 127, 167,
440, 472, 493, 498 ; relief plaques, 92,
95, 108, 359, 361, 616, 626 ; clay
tablets with Buddha in relief, 446 ;
models of Stūpas, 443, 469, 470 ;
manuscripts and prints, 446.

Wakhān, historical interest of, 863 ; an-
cient remains in, 864 sqq. ; alleged
Kāfir origin of fortifications, 869 ;
estimated population, 869 n. 17 ;
boundary of, 871.
Wakhiā-bālā, Wakhiā-pāyān, parts of
Khingāli valley, 800.
Wakhīs, from Afghānistān, grazing in
valleys of Vārkhun and Karambār,
49 ; Chapursan, 52 ; Tāsh-kurghān,
55 ; ethnology of, 863 ; migration to
south, 864 ; physical anthropology of,
996, 1005.
wall construction :
Brick : bricks and unhewn stone,
(Tāsh-kurghān) 58.
burnt bricks, (Sistān) 937 ; (Vāsh-
shahri) 161 ; (Sistān) 937.
sun-dried bricks, (Duldul-ōkūr) 69 ;
(Vāsh-shahri) 161 ; (Mirān) 170 ;
(Limes) 430 sq. ; (Wakhān) 867 ;
(Ishkāshm) 872.
sun-dried bricks and reed layers,
(Limes) 345 sqq., 353, 497, 436, 597 ;
(Korla) 769, 771, 773 sqq., 788.
sun-dried bricks and brushwood,
(Kiz-kurghān) 55 n. 9.
sun-dried bricks and stamped clay,
(Zāhidān) 933.
sun-dried bricks and kisek, (Kuchā)
808, 810.
bricks laid, one row vertically, and
two horizontally, 374.
bricks set on end as facing of wall,
a sign of recent construction, 385, 394,
411, 430.
bricks set on edge, smaller side up-
right, (Khara-khoto) 442, 443 n. 9.
layers of stamped clay and gravel
between courses of bricks, (Ying-p'an)
750.
Clay : clay lumps, with fascine
layers of Toghrak stems and branches,
reinforced by timber framework,
(Lou-lan), 185.
clay slabs, kisek, (P'o-ch'êng-tzŭ)
725 ; (Lou-lan) 263 ; (Khitai-shahri)
820 ; pisé, (Yār-khoto) 716.
stamped clay, (Lohilo-köt) 32 ;
(Akhtur-bāzār) 65 ; (Kalmak-shahri)
69 ; (Khitai-shahri) 72 ; (Bāsh-Koy-
umal) 166 n. 1 ; (Limes) 373, 375, 378,
394, 410, 436 ; (Bai) 534 ; (Yār-

khoto) 716 ; (Kuchā) 798, 799, 807,
819 ; (Sistān) 936 sq.
stamped clay and brushwood,
(Limes) 407 ; (Shindil) 728 ; (Namad-
gut) 873 ; with layers of brushwood
and tamarisks, (Ying-p'an) 753.
stamped clay and fascines of reeds,
(Lou-lan) 260 ; (Limes) 349, 384, 385,
389 ; (Korla road) 772.
stamped clay and fascines of tama-
risks, (Lou-lan) 192 ; (Limes) 390, 399.
stamped clay and fascines of Tōgh-
rak branches, (Limes) 350.
stamped clay with timber reinforce-
ment, (Khara-khoto) 438.
stamped clay layers reinforced by
Toghrak trunks, (Limes) 390, 394.
stamped clay, used for foundations,
(Sistān) 937.
stamped clay encasement of brick
structure, 799.
natural clay terrace used as core,
faced with stamped clay and reinforced
by timber, 367.
Stone : unhewn stone, (Darēl) 23,
32 ; reinforced by tree trunks, (Rō-
shān) 887 ; with mud plaster layers,
(Wakhān) 864, 867 ; (Shughnān) 881 ;
(Sistān) 903.
Timber : timber and plaster,
(Kuduk-köl) 129.
timber and wattle, (M. Tāgh) 93 ;
(Niya) 145 ; (Lou-lan) 187, 194, 218,
262, 746 ; (Khitai-shahri) 820.
timber as reinforcement, 185, 286,
769, 773, 774, 798, 799 ; used in
foundations, 143.
Toghrak timber and wattle, 746.
Wattle and plaster, (Niya) 143 ;
(Lou-lan) 187 ; (Korla route) 771 ;
wattle of matting or vertical reeds with
plaster, 143.
fascines, tamarisk brushwood rein-
forced by timber, 282.
layers of gravel and brushwood, 407.
wall of earth and reed fascines, 369,
776.
wall-paintings, (Kuduk-köl) 129 ; (Mi-
rān) 172 sq. ; (Chien-fo-tung), 259 ;
(Khara-khoto) 443, 450, 468, 469, 475 ;
(Toyuk) 617 ; (Astāna) 661 ; (Ghāgha-
shahri) 913 sqq.
ceiling coffers with grisaille orna-
mentation, 450, 476, 477.
See also frescoes.
walnut groves, (Bartang) 886.
Walther, Professor J., on desert forma-
tions, 89.
Wan-shan-tzŭ, defile of, 372 ; temple on
river bank, 374 ; suited for 'Gate'
station, 374 ; strategic importance of,
375.
Wang Tao-shih, Taoist monk at Ch'ien-
fo-tung, renewed dealings with, 355 ;
his hoard of manuscripts attracts
attention in 1908, 355 ; careless re-