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0511 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 511 (Color Image)

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trenches practically from sunrise until nightfall. I could judge
from the dust-laden look of the men what an appearance I pre-
sented during those days. Needless to say that the notebook
used at this site feels gritty with sand to this day!

It is impossible to attempt here a description of the mass of
interesting materials which these excavations have yielded for the
study of the ancient sculptural art of Khotan. While such a task
must properly be reserved for the scientific Report on my explora-
tions, it will be useful to offer brief notes on those relievos which
are represented in the accompanying illustrations. Among the
sculptural remains
occupying the inner
south-west wall nearest
to the south corner,
shown on p. 454, and
partly reproduced also
in the gravure of the
frontispiece, the well-
modelled figure of the
seated Buddha and the
elaborate halo of the
larger standing image
behind, filled with
representations of
teaching Bodhisattvas
or Arhats, deserve
special attention. The
three-feet measure
placed in front of the
seated image, and
visible also in the other
photographs, indicates
the scale of the sculp-
tures. The statue of
a richly-robed Bodhi-