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The Pulse of Asia : vol.1 |
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STEIN identifies Pimo, or Pein, with ancient Kenan, the site re-
ferred to in chapter viii and now known as Uzun Tetti or Ulugh
Mazar, north of Chira. This identification is doubtful, as appears
from the following table of distances given by Hwen Tsiang, which
is as accurate as could be expected from a casual traveler. I have
reckoned the "li," the Chinese unit of distance, as equivalent to
0.26 of a mile.
NAMES OF PLACES TRUE DIS- DISTANCE AC-
TANCE CORDING TO
HWEN TSIANG
Khotan (Yutien) to Keriya (Pimo) 97 miles 330 li 86 miles
Keriya (Pimo) to Niya (Niyang) 64 " 200 " 52 "
Niya (Niyang) to Endereh (Tuholo) 94 " 400 " 104 "
Endereh (Tuholo) to Kotak Sheri?
(Chemotona) 138? " 600 " 156 "
Kotak Sheri (Chemotona) to Lulan
(Nafopo) 264? " 1000 " 260 "
If we use the value of the "li," 0.274 of a mile, given by Hedin,
the distances from Khotan to Keriya and from Keriya to Niya,
according to Hwen Tsiang, become 91 and 55 miles instead of 86
and 52 as given in the table, which is not far from the true dis-
tances, 97 and 64.
If, however, Pimo is identical with Kenan, as Stein thinks, the
distances which Hwen Tsiang gives as 86 and 52 miles become
respectively 60 and 89, which is evidently quite wrong.
Strong confirmation of the identification of Keriya with Pimo
is found in a comparison of extracts from Marco Polo's and Hwen
Tsiang's accounts of that city with passages from my note-book,
written long before I had read the comments of the ancient trav-
elers. Marco Polo says that the people of Pein, or Pima, as he
also calls it, have the peculiar custom "that if a married man goes
to a distance from home to be absent twenty days, his wife has
a right, if she is so inclined, to take another husband; and the
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