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0565 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 565 (Color Image)

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India, Government of, acquires
Central-Asian antiquities, viii;
sanctions Stein's explorations, ix;
thanked by Orientalist Congress,
xiii; enables Stein to elaborate
results, xxiii
Indian Caucasus, 228
Indian influences, border line of,
422; Indian shrines, visits to,
246
Indo-Iranian dialect, 309
Indo-Scythians, named in Kha-
roshthi tablets, 404; Indo-
Scythian kings, 358, 400
Indus, course of, 22; route in Valley
of, 25
industries, of ancient Khotan, xviii,
374 sqq.
inscribed wooden tablets, first dis-
covery of, 355 sq.; shapes and
construction of, 357 sq.; preser-
vation of, 358; contents of, 361;
dates on, 365; sealed envelopes
of, 365; withered specimens, 370;
more finds, 363, 374; blank
stationery, 375; from ancient
rubbish heap, 385 sq.; with
Chinese characters, 385; techni-
calities of wedge-shaped tablets,
392 sq.; fastening of oblong
tablets, 394 sq.; classical seals
on, 396 sq.; decipherment of
contents, 398 sq.; chronological
evidence of Chinese tablets, 404
inscriptions, in Brahmi characters,
286; in Chinese and Tibetan, 417
sqq.
Iran, ancient, 501; linguistic borders
of, 45
Iranian race, 166; physical type of,
46
Irkeshtam, 495 sq.
irrigation in Hunza, 34, 38, 47; on
Tagharma, 77; 192, 487; from
Niya R., 345 sq.; from springs,
438; from Yar-tungaz R., 411
sq.; abandonment of, 323 sq.;
causes silt deposits, 263 sq.;
difficulties about, 437 sq.; imple-
ment for, 46; extension of, 162,
436; possible extension of, 271,
346; mentioned in Kharoshthi
tablets, 402; irrigation canals,
ancient, 321
Irshad Pass, 53

Islam, weakness in, 247
Islam Akhun, "treasure-seeker,"
183 sq., 189, 205; sells old books,
471; arrested, 472; papers seized
with him, 472 sq.; his previous
impostures, 473; his associates,
474; his cross-examination, ib.;
makes confession, 475 sq.; de-
scribes forgeries, 477 sqq.; his
previous punishments, 479 sq.;
his slyness and humour, 480 sq.;
wishes to visit Europe, 481
Islam Beg, from Khotan, Darogha,
214, 226, 238 sqq., 257, 268, 314,
327; promoted Beg of Kara-kash,
442; 445, 485, 487; farewell to,
488
Iskuram Peaks, 230 sq., 238
Issik-bulak ("hot spring," T.), 219,
229 sq.
ivory, ancient carving in, 260, 374;
site called "the houses with
ivory," 248

Jade, of Khotan, called 'yü,' 255;
digging of, 252 sq.; found in
Yurung-kash R. bed, 207, 251
sq.; profits from, 254; valued
in China, 252; jade pits, 253
Jamada, 206, 251 sq.
Janguruk, gorge, 109
jar, ancient, 343
Jasvant Singh, Mian Rajput, 8, 52;
rejoins in desert, 301 sqq.; his
ailment, 303; his excellent
services, 494
Jesuit surveyors, in China, 116
Jhelam R., 3 sq.
jigda, a fruit-tree, T., 431, 436
jigit, "messenger," T., 496
jilga, "valley," T.
Jins, evil spirits of desert, 272, 384
Jitroghavarshman, king, 400
Jiya, 450
Johnson, Mr., map of, 202, 214
Jumbe-kum, 468
jungle along Keriya R., 330 sqq.;
along Niya R., 350 sq.

Kabulis, 486
Kafirs, i.e., Buddhists, 195
Kakshal, 'Tati' of, 188 sqq.
Kai-yuen, Chinese period, 279, 313,
418 sq.
Kala, ancient title, 400