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0222 Ancient Khotan : vol.1
古代コータン : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000182
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The remarks on the varying names of Khotan with which this notice opens have been discussed already, and so also those bearing on the former territories of Jung-lu, Yü-mi, Ch'ü-lê and P'i-shan, which since the Han period had been absorbed in the kingdom of Khotan ². The capital was still known by the designation of the 'City of the Western mountains' (*Si-shan*), as mentioned in the Han Annals ³. The number of selected troops was estimated at four thousand. The river carrying jade is duly mentioned, and we are told the folktale that the people used to discover pieces of the precious stone in it by observing the spots where the reflexion of the moonlight was strongest. The account given of the character of the inhabitants, their industrial skill and their amusements, has been discussed already ⁴. It may, however, be noted that the Annals describe not only Buddhism as flourishing but also 'the cult of the celestial god', by which the Zoroastrian religion is to be understood ⁵.

A subsequent passage, which appears to be identical with one previously noted from the account of the Liang Annals ⁶, relates to the ceremonious manners of the Khotanese which made them kneel down on meeting each other. Each time they received a private letter they