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0615 Ancient Khotan : vol.1
古代コータン : vol.1
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I made short halts at the provincial capitals of Margilān and Samarkand, where I was favoured
with much attention by Generals Tchaikovsky and Medinsky, the respective governors, and
offered special opportunities for examining the interesting antiquities collected in the local
museums.

The few but delightful days which I spent at Samarkand, the Delhi of old Sogdiana, Antiquities
mainly in visits to the great monuments of architecture of Timūr's period, were unfortunately at Samar-
too short to permit of more than a glimpse of the important ancient site known as Afrāsiyāb, kand.
which undoubtedly marks the position of the capital in pre-Muhammadan times. The condi-
tions in which fragments of ancient pottery and similar hard débris are found here under layers
of alluvium distinctly recalled my observations at Yōtkan. The incentive of regular finds of
gold being absent here, the working of the old culture-strata does not appear to be carried on
with the same thoroughness as at Yōtkan, while their extent is probably far greater. Some
interesting pieces of ornamented terra-cotta from this site which I was able to acquire will be
found reproduced in Plate LXXXVIII, and described in the note below². Among them the
large modelled ornament in relief (S. 001) shows a design of remarkably fine conception, and