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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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Europe, their full historical and antiquarian value could never be
realised without systematic researches on the spot.
The practicable nature of the project was proved in the meantime
by the memorable march which Dr. Hedin made in the winter of
1896 past two areas of sand-buried ruins in the desert north-east
of Khotan. Though the distinguished explorer, during his neces-
sarily short halt at each place, was unable to secure any exact
evidence as to the character and date of the ruins, this discovery
(of which the first account reached me in 1898) sufficed to demon-
strate both the existence and the comparative accessibility of
ancient sites likely to reward excavation.
It was only in the summer of 1898 that I found leisure to work
out the detailed plan of my journey and to submit it with Dr.
Hoernle's weighty recommendation to the Indian Government,
whose sanction and assistance were indispensable for its execution.
Generously supported first by Sir Mackworth Young, k.c.s.i., late
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, and subsequently on my tem-
porary transfer to Bengal by the late Sir John Woodburn, k.c.s.i.,
the lamented head of that administration and a zealous friend of
Oriental learning, my proposals met with favourable consideration
on the part of Lord Curzon's Government. In July, 1899, the
scheme, in which Sir Charles Rivaz, k.c.s.i., then Member
of the Viceregal Council and now Lieutenant-Governor of the
Punjab, had from the first shown kind personal interest, received
the final sanction of the Government of India. A resolution in the
Department of Revenue and Agriculture provided for my deputation
on special duty to Chinese Turkestan, during a period of one year.
At the same time a grant of Rs. 9,000 (£600), partly from Imperial
resources and partly from contributions by the Local Governments
of the Punjab and Bengal, was placed at my disposal to meet the
estimated expenditure on the journey and explorations.
That, notwithstanding the great distances and physical obstacles
to be overcome and in spite of all the uncertainties attending an
enterprise in a new field, I succeeded in accomplishing the whole
of my programme strictly within the sanctioned estimates of time
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