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0217 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 217 (Color Image)

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mercial centre of
Chinese Turkestan, and
owing to its geo-
graphical position at
the point where the
routes to India,
Afghanistan, and to
the North meet, has
something of a cosmo-
politan air about it.
The colonies of Kash-
miris, Gilgitis, Badakh-
shanis, and people from
other parts of the
Indian frontier regions
are large, and each of
them has members of
some position anxious
to show attention to a
'Sahib.' So I had to
hold regular receptions
with the assistance of
old Munshi Bunyad
Ali, and "the carpet
of my presence" was
rarely clear of more or
less picturesque visitors.
If their statements as
to the strength of their
respective communities
can be trusted, Yarkand
must have a strangely mixed population. Immigrants from
Wakhan, Shighman, Badakhshan, and the other Iranian tracts
westwards abound; Kashmir and Ladak are strongly repre-
sented; even little Baltistan has sent its colony from beyond