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Ancient Khotan : vol.1 |
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traders' station which Maës' account mentions to the east of the Stone Tower and on the
road starting for Sera, I think that unchanging geographical conditions afford us some guidance.
Baron Richthofen has justly pointed out that this station must be looked for close to the watershed
crossed by the above route, since Ptolemy places it in the line of the Imaus, which undoubtedly
corresponds to the range buttressing the Pāmīr region on the east, and dividing the drainage
areas of the Oxus and the Tārīm. He has also rightly observed that the point where the
much-frequented route coming from Farghāna over the Terek Dawān is joined by the route
from the Wakhshāb valley was the most likely position for such a station.
I am glad that my return journey from Kāshgar to Farghāna in June, 1901, hurried Position of
though it had to be, allowed me to acquaint myself at first hand with the topographical Irkeshtam.
features of the ancient trade route leading from Kāshgar to Osh. The observations then
gathered entirely support the view put forth by that eminent geographer; for we could scarcely
expect any place on that route to agree better with the conditions for a traders' station, such
as Ptolemy's notice implies, than Irkeshtam, now occupied as the Russian customs station and
fortified frontier post on the road to Kāshgar. It is situated at the point where the routes
coming from Farghāna and the Alai unite, and only a short distance below the Taun-murun
Pass, by which the latter route crosses the watershed. Irkeshtam, which now enjoys the
distinction of a small fort and a Cossack garrison, offers advantages apart from its position
at the junction of two great routes. Situated at an elevation of 8,500 (Russian) feet above
the sea, it is not only a relatively sheltered place; but, owing apparently to a more abundant
supply of moisture from across the ranges to the west and north, the valleys immediately
adjacent are far less deficient in grazing and fuel than the barren gorges of rock and detritus
through which most of the route further down to Kāshgar leads ¹⁸. The inclusion of Irkeshtam
within the Russian frontier-line (which elsewhere in these parts keeps to the watershed between
the Kāshgar river on the one side and the Oxus and Syr Daryā on the other) has hence its
adequate reason.
The route which we have just traced forms the most direct connexion between Kāshgar Invasion of
and the ancient Baktria. And it is curious that the earliest notice we possess of Kāshgar after Great Yüeh-
Pan Ch'ao's victorious expedition westwards relates to its invasion from that very region. From chih.
the Annals of the Later Hans we learn that in the period 107–113 A. D. An-kuo, the ruler of Su-lê,
had been obliged to send his near relative, prince Ch'ên-p'an, as a hostage to the king of the
Great Yüeh-chih, whose dominion at that period, as we know from other sources, comprised not
only their old seats in Baktria, but also Kābul and a considerable portion of north-western
India. Subsequently, after the death of An-kuo, the arms of the Yüeh-chih deposed his
successor and established Ch'ên-p'an on the throne of Su-lê, during the years 114–120 A. D. ¹⁹
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