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0279	The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1

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The Pulse of Asia : vol.1

アジアの鼓動 : vol.1

Tu-ho-lo" (Tukhara), which apparently includes the cities
of Mo and Han-mo, "has long been deserted and wild.
All the towns are ruined and uninhabited." Stein, who
explored a part of the central ruins, puts the date of their
final abandonment between 719 A. D. and 800 A. D., on the
unquestionable evidence of some dated bits of Chinese and
Tibetan writing found in a temple. Evidently, the writing
was that of pilgrims, or at least of worshipers. The coins
which he found, and the style of art, seem to Stein to point
to an earlier date as the time of the main occupation of the
ruins. Apparently, they were abandoned between 518 A. D.,
when Sung-yun saw them, and 644 A. D., the time of Hwen
Tsiang's visit. A religious establishment, however, per-
sisted, or was reëstablished, after the time of Hwen, and
lasted for a century or two. The case seems to be analo-
gous to that of Dandan-Uilik.

The northern, more remote parts of the ruins of Tu-ho-lo
appear to be decidedly older than the southern part which
Stein visited. In the northern part, called by the natives
Kallussti, the entire absence of any trace of houses, the
finely broken character of the pottery, and the occurrence
of archaic stone hammers and a flint knife suggest great
age. In the southern portions, called simply the "Potai,"
the preservation of portions of the clay walls of houses,
the presence of mulberry, white poplar, and other trees still
standing in orchards, the greater size and ornamentation
of the fragments of pottery, and the occurrence of grooved
millstones indicate a later date.

The features of late date are most noticeable in the most
southerly ruins. Here I discovered a fort about three miles

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