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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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doubt as to Li-sieh (Li-tsa) being the name of the settlement or
small tract to which the ruined shrines and dwellings of Dandan-
Uiliq belonged.
It makes it further clear that the administrative division in
which this settlement was included bore a Chinese designation
meaning "Six Cities" (Liu-Cheng); for this identical term is used
in the title of the "Inspecting Superintendent of the Six Cities" to
which the report preserved in Mr. Macartney's first document was
addressed, and it also occurs in my first find immediately after the
name of Li-sieh. According to the information supplied by Sun,
Mr. Macartney's Chinese literatus, and verified also from other
sources, the term "Six Cities" is still well known by Chinese
administrators in the "New Dominions" as an old designation of
the Khotan District. It is supposed to be derived from the six
towns (Ilchi or Khotan, Yurung-kash, Kara-kash, Chira, Keriya,
and a sixth of doubtful identity) which were reckoned to belong
to it previous to the modern division of the Ambanships of
Khotan and Keriya.
Those few interesting finds, together with hours of bright
sunshine that gave relief after the bitter cold of the night, had
helped me to pass Christmas Day in good heart. In the evening
on leaving the buildings excavated, I had occasion to learn by
experience how easy it was to lose one's way amidst the mono-
nous sand-waves. The discovery of a well-preserved Chinese coin
bearing the mark of the Kai-yuen period (A.D. 713–741), which I
picked up at the foot of a dune close to the south of the ruin, and
the search for more relics made me tarry behind the men who were
hurrying back. Remembering how near the camp was, I did not
think it necessary to retain any one with myself. When after
a while I set about to return in the twilight I mistook the track,
and then after tramping through the low dunes for about a mile
vainly attempted to locate my camp. There was no sound nor
any other indication to guide me. Realising the risk of completely
losing my bearings as it was getting dark (my magnetic pocket
compass had unfortunately been left in the tent that day), I was
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