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The Pulse of Asia : vol.1 |
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with nothing by which to date it. The general appearance,
the aggregation of the houses, and the condition of the
surrounding vegetation suggest that the site is at least as
old as Khadaluk.
Farther west, the ruins of Uzun Tetti and Ulugh Mazar
proved to be more extensive than appears from previous
explorations. From the shrine of Lachinata for five miles
to the northwest, to Ulugh Mazar, and thence six miles far-
ther to the northeast, I found abundant pottery. There
were also other relics of human occupation, including the
traces of a mud house, the straw of an old threshing-floor,
and even the characteristic pattern of the ditches of ancient
melon fields. The entire appearance was such as to suggest
that the site was not abandoned till a later date than Khada-
luk. The pottery also pointed to the same conclusion, for un-
like that of more ancient sites, it was wheel-made, the orna-
mental designs were drawn in curves with a stick of several
points, and one bit had a green glaze. This conclusion is
confirmed by the historic records of the Mohammedan con-
quest, and by some coins of the twelfth and thirteenth cen-
turies which Stein found at Ulugh Mazar. It appears that
at the time of the Mohammedan conquest, and later, not only
was Chira inhabited much as it is to-day, as is proved by
early Mohammedan records, but that here, twelve miles to
the north, along the line where the Chira River would flow
if it were large enough, an equally large area, about six miles
by eight in size, was also densely populated.
From Ulugh Mazar I came back almost to my starting-
point, and spent a day with the Beg of Malakalagan, the
northern part of Dumuka. A short distance north of the
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