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0220 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000233
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much more. Nomads might become numerous, and the
total population might be several-fold larger. It is probable
that such was the case. From Khotan eastward we heard
frequent mention of the "Kalmucks" or Mongol nomads of
Buddhist faith, who appear to have once lived in consider-
able numbers along the base of the Kwen Lun mountains.
A road almost unused, and running for hundreds of miles
along the base of the mountains, is always called the "Kal-
muck road," and appears to have been formerly more fre-
quented than now. At present, though every available spring
and stream is utilized, the population is extremely scanty.
There seems to be a general impression, however, that some
hundreds of years ago, in the days of the Mongols, the
population was greater, and this means that the water
supply was then greater also.

A few miles north of Choka, I discovered the ruins of
Karaki, or old Hasha, a close reproduction of those of
Choka. They are only a sixth as large, and partake far
more of the nature of a fortress than of a town. The na-
tives have no idea as to whether the water supply came
from the Karatash River, a hundred and fifty feet below
on the east, or from the brook on the west. The latter is
said to be dry except during rain. Here, as at Choka, we
are confronted by the question whether the water supply
came by an impossibly elaborate and completely vanished
aqueduct from•the red-walled gorge of the river, or by an
easy ditch from the dry brook. There is the same scarcity
of pottery as at Choka; and the people say that nothing of
value has ever been found, though they and their ancestors
have dug among the ruins in every direction. The fortress