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0199 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 / Page 199 (Color Image)

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[Photo] 51. BASE OF ANCIENT BUDDHIST SHRINE, MIRAN SITE, FROM NORTH-EAST, AFTER EXCAVATION.

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that excavations started along the interior b
soon confirmed this, but at the same ti
minor was here awaiting antiquaries e
proportion to the small size and roughn
underground hoards brought to light was t
which seemed to fill them to the roof b
out of the digging, pieces of paper an
in Tibetan cropped up in numbers. Th
of all kinds left behind by all the occup
yield such records, complete or frag
to the bottom. The first day's work bro
two hundred. Similarly the remains of
of all sorts, fragments of ragged clothi
abundant. Everything pointed to the ru
deep deposits of rubbish, rich in arch
and remarkable, too, for their dirt-lad
ing a protracted period of Tibetan mi
evidence from the Chinese Annals of t
justified my assigning this occupation to
century of our era.

The following morning I proceeded on a m
a ruin about a mile and a half away to
ch T'akha Akhun had spoken of as bein
ruins. The ruin proved to be that of a b
(Fig. 51). Above the debris resembling
than that alone survived, then still disti
interior relievos arranged for architectura
ing a small portion of the base in the
upon fragments of stucco sculpture it
I felt quite assured that the temple bel
far more ancient than that of the Tibe