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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 |
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RUINED HOUSE, NIYA SITE, FIRST FIND-PLACE OF INSCRIBED TABLETS, AFTER EXCAVATION. |
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tion from the snow which a very difi
by us after leaving Keriya, had dec
ature cold it still lay in patches on
, the sun of one year had bleache
writing of the topmost tablets whe
had a special reason to bless the go
ught me to the site so soon after Ibr
howed me the spot where he had un
proved to be the corner of a small ro
rthern wing of the building betwee
hen, in a little room between a larg
and the west wall of the room, he ha
of tablets by scooping out the sand
treasure' he looked for was not then
uments which he had found stored th
some sort of arrangement, were jus
adjoining room.
ask was to get the men to clear the ro
d corner upon those precious tablets. I
, as the room was not large and the sa
nowhere more than four feet deep. In fo
ation two dozen wooden documents o
the original earthen floor and on a rai
by the side of the fire-place. When I se
earch myself for the scattered remains of
ion than eighty-five more tablets were co
systematic clearing of the adjoining room
the ruined house added still further to the
and myself before the day's work was en
of truly abundant material.
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