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0105 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.2
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[Figure] 483 Map and Section of Kodishar Kurgan.

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canal-way to the Djillan-ooti, and it is thought the Zerafshan might still be diverted
north to join the Syr. If so, Bokhara lies at the mercy of the rulers of Samarkand.
When the two now river-cut mounds were built the Djillan-ooti was alluviating
its whole flood-plain with a sluggish flow of water carrying fine silt and spreading
through a dense mass of rushes on either side of a gravel-strewn channel. Much

of the flood-plain must have been a marsh, as the layers exposed are matted with
rushes now in part replaced by carbonate. The remarkable arching of layers
was doubtless caused by a compression of organic constituents. Neither mound
can be attributed to débris of occupation, as there are scarcely any culture remains,