National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

41. Shell button with black incised ornament of eight forked spikes, pierced in the middle. Tibetan name Dung char. Said to have been worn by ancient Dards. Found at Khalatse. (1 by 1¼ inches.)
42. Ancient cross of iron and bronze, hollow inside. Ornaments of double spirals at the ends of its beams. Said to have been excavated near mThsomo Riri. (2 by 1¾ inches.)
43. String of sixteen beads, fourteen of shell, one of yellow material, and one coral, the latter broken. The shell beads cir. ½ inch in diameter. Said to have been found in a ruined mchod-rten near Leh.
44. String of five beads, three of bone, excavated at Khalatse, one of mother-of-pearl coloured glass from ancient grave at Leh ; one of crystal found at Skinding near Khalatse (diameter ⅓ to ½ inch.)
45. Old stone lamp, plain, without handle. Tibetan name rKyongtee. From Khalatse. (5 by 3½ inches.)
46. Stone lamp, plain, with handle. Tibetan name rKyongtee. From Khalatse. (7 by 3¾ inches.)
47. Stone lamp, with ornaments and handle. Tibetan name rKyongtee. From Khalatse. (5¼ by 2⅝ inches.)
48. Old stone axe, blunt, used for breaking wood. Tibetan name Kalam. From Spiti. (7 by 6½ inches.)
49. Old stone axe, blunt, used for breaking wood. Tibetan name Kalam. From Shibke, Tibet. (4 by 4½ inches.)
50. Stone tobacco bowl, of a hukka. Tibetan name Trob. From Khalatse. (2½ by 1¾ inches.)
51. Stone charm. The charm to be written on it with chalk. Hole for string. From Dard Castle, Khalatse. (2¾ by 3¼ inches.)
52. Stone charm. The charm to be written on it with chalk. Hole for string. From sBalu-mkhar near Khalatse. (2¼ by 2¾ inches.)
53. Stone of cylindrical shape, perhaps used as a hammer, or a handle. From Khalatse. (2½ by 1¼ inches.)
54. Fragment of a stone lamp (rKyongtee) ornamented with band of foliage. Found in a Dard grave, at Khalatse. (5¼ by 1¼ inches.)
55. Stone axe, to be used without a handle, with a hollow for the thumb. Had a sharp edge. Found at sBalu-mkhar, near Khalatse. (5 by 4 inches.)
56. Stone knife, handle missing. Tibetan name rDo-gri. From Skinding, near Khalatse. (13¾ by 1¼ inches.)
57. Ancient bone knife, without handle. Found at sBalu-mkhar, near Khalatse. (4¾ by 1¼ inches.)
58. Two stone needles (genuineness doubtful) 4⅔ and 3¾ inches long. Both broken. From Khalatse.
59. Stone inkpot, pierced in the bottom. From Khalatse. (3½ by 2 inches.)
60. Ammonite which was worshipped in the house of lama Ngorub Tungtog of sNam-rgya and was bathed in butter. Tibetan name Norbu yang khyit [dbyang (?) dkyil]. From sNamrgya, Bashahr. (3 by 2¾ inches.)
61. Spindle whorl, made of burnt clay, ornamented with impressed lines, broken. Tibetan name Phanglo. From Khalatse. Found at sBalu-mkhar. (3½ by 5½ inches.)
62. Spindle whorl, made of stone. Tibetan name Phanglo. From Khalatse. Found at 'aBrograi-mkhar. (1¾ by 1⅔ inches.)
63. Tibetan silver coin, called Nag-tang, coined in 1722 A.D. by Ranjit Malla Deva, of Bhatgaon, for Tibet. Purchased at Leh.
64. Three early Muhammadan coins from Turkestan. Compare Dr. Stein, Ancient Khotan, Plate XC, No. 45. Purchased at Leh, came from Khotan.
65. Fruit of Trapa natans, collected by the Tibetans in Lake Rawalsa, Mandi. They call the fruit mThso padmacangyi sbyin rlobs. From Rawalsar.
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