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Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang : vol.1 |
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to read *dhuā*, but I have never come across any such coupling in Kharoṣṭhī, and it is
safer to read *dhā*. Then comes *ca* with the length-stroke, i. e. *cā*, and further *riyaṣa*.
The first word is consequently *Siṃdhācāriyaṣa*, the genitive of *Siṃdhācāriya*, which
can safely be considered as equivalent to Sanskrit *Sindhvācārya* 'the Sindhu
teacher'. It is clearly the name of a man, and evidently denotes the person
to whom the roll belonged.
The name is of some interest, because we know from Professor Lüders⁵ that tra-
ditional tales connected with Western India and especially with Sindh were localized
in Eastern Turkistan. Thus the Sindh town Roruka seems to have been identified
with Lou-lan. It seems as if colonists from Western India, including Sindh, had sett-
led down in Eastern Turkistan at an early date. Our legend may be taken to indicate
that this settlement was not later than the second century A. D.
After the name comes an absolutely unmistakable *pa*. With the ensuing *ṭa*,
which I have already mentioned, we accordingly get *paṭa* 'silk roll'.
Then follow two signs, which are clearly identical, though the last one is a little
indistinct, and which must be the numeral symbol for twenty. As usual in Kharoṣṭhī
records a repeated 20, 20 20, means forty. We thus have the same number, clearly
indicating the length of the roll, as in the Chinese and the Brāhmī legends. And we
must translate: 'Sindhuacārya's roll, forty (feet long)'. There was evidently a stan-
dard length, and also a standard width, of these ancient silk rolls.
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