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0455 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 / Page 455 (Color Image)

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[Photo] 118. CHINESE TEMPLE OUTSIDE NAN-KOU-CHÊNG.
[Photo] 119. RUINED BUDDHIST SHRINE AT SIRKIP, TURFAN.

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doi: 10.20676/00000214
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such as fresco pieces, fragme
r and cloth, stucco relievos illust
rfan; and also pieces of decorated tex
ragments in the Uigur, Tibetan, Chi
Syriac script used by the Maniche

occupation of the site renders the ex
ched finds difficult. All the more re
of a larger hoard of well-preserved m
decorated mirrors, various ornate
etc., as the numerous Chinese co
the date of its deposit under the b
with approximate accuracy. The do
in which the hoard was found m
partial ruin when the cache was m
the twelfth century.

ys of smaller ruined sites in the ext
an basin, including that of the imp
have known as the 'Tower of Siri
the ruins in the picturesque gorge-s
There numerous rock-cut grottos
that used perhaps other monks also, li
cliffs of the wildly eroded hill chain
am that waters a flourishing little se
and raisins. Where the slopes are b
orn have been built, bearing ruin o
ons and monastic quarters (Fig. 117).
ese the second German expedition fo
manuscript finds.
ome to monkey-like emulation, nati
pers and 'treasure' had subseque