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0567 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 / Page 567 (Color Image)

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Pacific Ocean, 9, 166, 244
Paintings, ancient, found at Dandan-
oilik, 60-67; mural painting at Koh-i-
Khwaja, 66; painted dado of winged
angels at Miran, 118; frescoed plaster,
from Miran, 119-127; mural paintings
in Caves of the Thousand Buddhas,
196-198; on silk, etc., from Caves of
the Thousand Buddhas, 205, 217-237;
fresco compositions on the walls of the
Valley of the Ten-thousand Buddhas,
240; frescoes at grottoes above Toyuk,
262; wall paintings of Bezeklik, 263;
on silk from burial-ground near
Astana, 269
Pakhpo, tribe, 50
Palez, plain of, 299
Pallas Athene, seal-impressions of, 89
Pallas Promachos, seal-impressions of,
104
Palm-leaf manuscript in Sanskrit, from
Miran, 118; from Caves of the Thou-
sand Buddhas, 215
Pamir, river, 308
Pamirs, 2, 5, 6, 26, 33, 35, 39, 166;
Chinese military expedition across
(A.D. 747), 32, 42-44, 308; the author
crosses the Hindukush to, 37-53;
crossing the Alichur Pamir, 286-299,
317-328
Pamirski Post, 298, 316
Pan Ch'ao, 26
P'an Ta-jên, Amban of Khotan, 56,
265
'Pao-t'ais', sign-post towers, 167
Paper, invention of, in China, 88;
earliest known specimen, 188
Paradise, Buddhist paintings of, 232-237
Parthians, Chinese establish diplomatic
relations with, 26
Pashmghar, 324
Pasor, 299
Pastry found in tombs, 268
Pein, or Uzun-tati, 70
Pei-shan (the 'Northern Mountains'), 9,
10, 191, 238, 247, 251
Pei-shan desert, 245, 251-254
Pei-ta-ho, river, 246
Pei-ting, 254, 258
Pelliot, Professor P., 210, 213, 214, 285
Pens, wooden, found, 84, 100
Persia, south-eastern, 287
Persian Gulf, 26
Peshawar district, 39
Peter the Great range, 326
Petrucci, M., 218
Pi-mo, or Uzun-tati, 70
Polo, Marco, 34, 46, 70, 109, 116, 129,
145, 163, 199, 243, 248, 249, 250, 305,
312, 313; his account of Pamir, 306-
308
Por-döbe, rest-house, 291
Pradakshina or circumambulation, 61
Prakrit, early Indian, used in Kharoshthi
documents, 91
Preobrazhenski, Professor, 301
Printed book, the oldest known speci-
men, 214
Ptolemy, 5, 26, 290, 292, 295
Putti, in Miran frescoes, 124

Ramadan, Muhammadan fast, 72
Ram Singh, Naik, Jat Sikh sapper, 39,
98, 127, 128, 189
Ram Singh, Rai Sahib, surveyor, 39,
143
Rapson, Professor E. J., 88, 90, 92, 141
Rats, legend of, 62
Raumedh valley, 318
Reed fascines, wall of, 169. See also
Brushwood
Regar, 329
Reincarnation, lies at the foundation of
all Buddhist doctrine, 232
Re-occupation of abandoned sites, 107,
113
Richthofen range, 241, 243
Rickmers, Dr. R., 297, 322
Rock carvings, Buddhist, 42
Roman Empire, silk trade to, 27
Roshan, 291; hillmen of, 299; gorges of,
317-322; women of, 321
Roshan, river, 295, 298
Rubies of Gharan, 313
Rug, woollen, found on Niya site, 83
Runic Turkish manuscript, 216
Rustam, digger at Niya site, 103, 104
Rustam, Persian legendary hero, 66

Saka language, see Khotanese
Sakai, tribe, 13, 295
Sakyamuni, paintings representing le-
gends in his life, 219, 231
Samantabhadra on his white elephant,
Bodhisattva, 230, 234
Samarkand, 18, 315, 327, 328, 330
Sand-buried cities, 54 et seq., 69, 279
Sanskrit Chronicle, 38
Sanskrit manuscripts, inscribed wooden
tablets, 28, 91; palm-leaf manuscript,
118; from Caves of the Thousand
Buddhas, 205, 215
Sarbuland Khan, 309
Sarez Pamir, 298, 300
Sarhad, 45, 308, 309
Sarikol, 47, 315
Sasanian silks and coins, 269