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0454 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
中央アジア踏査記 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000214
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interesting remains, such as fresco pieces, fragments of
paintings on paper and cloth, stucco relievos illustrating
Buddhist art at Turfan; and also pieces of decorated textiles.
Small manuscript fragments in the Uigur, Tibetan, Chinese
and the modified Syriac script used by the Manichaeans
also turned up.

Long-continued occupation of the site renders the exact
dating of such detached finds difficult. All the more useful
was the discovery of a large hoard of well-preserved metal
objects, including decorated mirrors, various ornaments,
household utensils, etc., as the numerous Chinese coins
found with it permit the date of its deposit under the Sung
dynasty to be fixed with approximate accuracy. The domed
sepulchral structure in which the hoard was found must
have been already in partial ruin when the *cache* was made
at the beginning of the twelfth century.

After rapid surveys of smaller ruined sites in the eastern
portion of the Turfan basin, including that of the imposing
pile of the Buddhist fane known as the 'Tower of Sirkip'
(Fig. 119), I turned to the ruins in the picturesque gorge above
the village of Toyuk. There numerous rock-cut grottoes once
occupied by Buddhist and perhaps other monks also, honey-
comb precipitous cliffs of the wildly eroded hill chain rising
above the small stream that waters a flourishing little oasis
famous for its grapes and raisins. Where the slopes are less
steep, narrow terraces have been built, bearing ruins of
small Buddhist shrines and monastic quarters (Fig. 117). At
the uppermost of these the second German expedition had
made important manuscript finds.

Stimulated by these to monkey-like emulation, native
searchers for antiques and 'treasure' had subsequently