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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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pressed the belief that the head waters of the Yurung-kash
were much further to the east than shown on that map, and
probably identical with a stream rising on the plateau south of
Polu. Captain Deasy, working from the side of Polu in 1898,
succeeded in reaching the sources of this stream at an eleva-
tion of over 16,000 feet, but was prevented from following it
downwards. Thus the true course of the main feeder of the
Yurung-kash, together with most of the orography of the
surrounding region, still remained to be explored.
The close approach of winter made me anxious to set out
for this task with as little delay as possible, while it was
necessary to equip properly the men as well as the ponies that
were to accompany me, for the cold mountain region to be
visited. My camels could be of no use in that direction,
and extra ponies were needed for the baggage with which I
was to move up, greatly reduced as it was. The animals of
the 'Kirakash' or professional caravan men were all away on
the Karakorum route, where the autumn months are the busy
time for the trade with Ladak. To buy ponies for this com-
paratively short tour would have been an expensive arrange-
ment. So I felt glad when the Amban, on returning my visit
the next day, issued orders to supply me with the transport
needed on hire from neighbouring villages.
While Badruddin Khan busied himself with procuring the
fur-clothing for my men and the felt covers for the ponies, I
managed to pay a visit to the village of Yotkan, the site of
the old capital of Khotan and a well-known find-place of
antiquities of all sorts. It was an interesting day I spent at
that locality, where the accumulated débris layers of the old
city, embedded deep below the present level, are being
regularly washed for gold, and in the course of these opera-
tions yield up also ancient pottery, coins, seals, and similar
remains. But I need not here detail the impressions of that
first hurried visit ; for subsequent investigations were to render
me far more familiar with this important site.
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