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0473 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 473 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000234
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Inside the circumvallation the drift-sand, once accumulated, was
less liable to be shifted by the winds, and thus provided a protecting
cover for the ruins.

The extent of the erosion which the whole area has undergone
was brought home to me by the closer examination I made
of the Stupa already noticed. On surveying the structure I found
that the lowest line of bricks in its foundation was about 10 feet