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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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supporting the plaster mouldings of the circular base im-
mediately below the dome were found still intact. The
wood, though certainly over a thousand years old, seemed
scarcely to differ in touch and toughness from tamarisk
branches dried for a few weeks.
The wind with the blinding dust of sand it carried along
was too violent that day to permit the taking of photo-
graphs and measurements. But I returned from Khanui
on September 6th, and a day's work with the plane-table
and photo-theodolite gave me a complete survey of the ruins.
I chose for my second day's quarters Eski, a pretty village
some eight miles south-west of Mauri Tim, where my tent was
pitched among groves of vines and luxuriant fields of Indian
corn. On my way back about three miles from Mauri Tim,
I examined a curious structure about 22 feet square,
open at the top and showing thick walls of clay cast in
moulds. The name Kaptar-Khana ("the pigeon house),"
by which the people know it, is derived from the rows of little
niches, about 10 inches square, which line the whole of the
inner sides of the walls still rising to a height of 16 feet.
The ground inside was thickly strewn with fragments of
human bones, and local tradition asserts that it has always
been in this condition. Nothing at or near this desolate
structure afforded evidence as to its date, but its shape and
apparent purpose curiously recalled a 'Columbarium.'
Neither Buddhist nor Muhammadan custom would allow
of such a disposal of human remains. Is it possible, then,
that this strange ruin is a relic of the times when Kashgar
held a considerable population of Nestorian Christians?
On September 7th Ram Singh was sent on survey work to
the south-east while I rode back to Kashgar, greatly pleased
with the instructive little tour I had made and the attention
shown to me by the local officials. The short excursion to
Khanui had been useful in bringing to notice various deficien-
cies in the outfit of my caravan, chiefly concerning camel gear.
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