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No. of fols. 20. All, except fols. 7 and 8, written in Up-
right Gupta chars.; fols. 7 and 8, in Cursive Gupta, added
later to compensate loss of two orig. leaves, measure only
1·2″×2½″. In upper L. corner, a small red and green
coloured fig. of sitting Buddha, within a black ink circle.
Contents : Aparimitāyuḥ-sūtra, ed. by Prof. Sten Konow
in MS. Remains of Buddhist Literature, pp. 289–329. No.
53, Hoernle Reg. 13⅜″×2⅞″. Pl. CL.

Ch. lviii. 007. Roll, complete; of hard dun-coloured
paper mended at lower end. Inscr. on obv. with Chin. writing;
on rev. with 71 ll. of fine Cursive Gupta, showing a series of
syllabaries, as explained in J.R.A.S., 1911, pp. 452 ff. and
Pl. I. No. 54, Hoernle Reg. 10′ 9″×10⅜″. Pl. CXLV.

Ch. lxviii. 001. Pōthi, incomplete, in Khotanese and
Upright Gupta. Only one complete fol.; on coarse yellowish
paper; 12 ll. black ink writing on page; letters from ⅓″ to ⅓″.
Marginal and guiding lines in faint black ink; so also inner
circle, 2⅜″ diam., 9″ off L. edge. A small piece torn out of
upper side. Fol. No. 255 on L. margin of rev.
Contents : some Buddhist canonical text, not identified.
No. 55, Hoernle Reg. 30½″×12½″. Pl. CXLVIII.

Ch. c. 001. Roll, complete, of gigantic size; thick tough
dun-coloured paper; small portion, perhaps 3′ or 4′, torn off
top. Inside, wholly covered with writing, mostly in Upright,
exceptionally in Cursive Gupta chars. and in corrupt Sans-
krit or in Khotanese language. Outside, blank, except for
parti-coloured figure at top, representing two geese facing
each other, standing on two lotuses intertwined, and holding
budding stalks in their bills.
Contents : three Buddhist texts, in Upright Gupta and
corrupt Sanskrit; also three statements, in Cursive Gupta
script and Khotanese language; finally, short series of saluta-
tions, in Upright Gupta and corrupt Sanskrit; for details, see
J.R.A.S., 1911, pp. 471 ff. No. 56, Hoernle Reg. 70′ 10″
×10⅜″. Pl. CXLVI.

Ch. c. 002. Roll, complete; ordinary dun-coloured
paper damaged at top and elsewhere. Inscr. on obv. with
Chin. writing; on rev. with alphabetic and syllabic tables in
Gupta chars.
The interest of this roll is that it shows the procedure in
a Buddhist monastic school. An old Chinese roll was used
as a sort of 'Exercise book' for beginners in writing.
There are altogether 113 lines of writing. The initial 35
lines begin with illegible scrawls; then very disorderly
series of alphabetical radicals, omitting the cerebrals, but
gradually improving. Now comes, on ll. 36-40, a com-
plete so-called 'Siddham' or table of alphabetical and
numeral radicals, followed on ll. 41-9 by a syllabary, though
not complete, but only from ka, kā, etc. down to jha, jhā,
etc. The whole very carefully and calligraphically written
without guiding lines, evidently as a pattern, by the master,
to be copied by the pupil.
Then, on ll. 50-92, come 17 copies written by the pupil
with guide-lines, and showing progressive skill; at first more
or less disorderly, afterwards (from l. 64) in good order.
These copies, however, include only the alphabetical radicals,
from ka to kha. Then, on ll. 92, 93, comes the date of the
exercise: thye ni kni ji naunye ksanna (9th period) asa salya
(horse-year) ntain Jara māle (Jara month) daśamye hofe
(tenth day). Then, on ll. 93-104, comes another series of
five copies, less well done, perhaps by another pupil. Next,
ll. 105-109, a copy of the full table of alphabetical and
numeral radicals, but in more or less disorder. Finally, on
l. 110, comes the master's calligraphic pattern of the statement:
Sūtham ntanta mafta ca gro-ti, i.e. 'thus it has been heard
by me', followed, on ll. 110-13, by four copies of that
statement, done by the pupil.
That an old Chinese roll was used in this way is shown
by the circumstance that the roll was already damaged by
holes which the pupil had to avoid in copying; cf. ll. 60, 63,
70, etc. No. 57, Hoernle Reg. 9′ 9″×10″.

Ch. cvi. 001. Document, complete, on coarse thick
yellowish paper. Inscr. on obv. with 31 ll. Cursive Gupta;
on rev. with 8 ll. of same, followed by 15 ll. large Tib. writing,
running in opposite direction; and again followed by 9 ll. of
slightly smaller Tib. writing, but running reversely, i.e. in
the same direction as the Cursive Gupta at top of page.
Cursive Gupta writing careless and difficult to decipher, e.g.
m much like p; language Khotanese. Begins with a date:
madala salya Crāvaja māhe beśtimye hadai, 'in the Madala
year, the Crāvaja month, the twentieth day'.
On l. 8 from bottom, a phrase is deleted, another substi-
tuted in Tib. chars., showing that the Cursive Gupta and Tib.
portions are contemporaneous. No. 29, Hoernle Reg.
2′ 0⅜″×13″. Pl. CXLVIII.

V.—REMAINS OF PŌTHĪS AND DOCUMENTS IN SANSKRIT AND
KHOTANESE, FROM SITES OF FARHĀD-BĒG-YAILAKI AND KARA-YANTAK

(See above, pp. 1247 sq4, 1253 sq., 1262)

F. i. a. 1. Wooden tablet, inscr. on both sides with Skr.
charm (mantra), in Ślokas, and in large Upright Gupta chars.
5 ll. each side; part almost illegible. The mantra is in faulty
language and metre. No. 60, Hoernle Reg. 1″×4″×⅜″.
Pl. CLI.

F. ii. i. 1. Wooden tablet, complete, oblong with one
end pointed; inscr. on either side with 3 ll. writing in Kho-
tanese and Upright Gupta. Apparently a list of names.
No. 61, Hoernle Reg. 8¾″×1″.

F. ii. i. 006. Wooden tablet, complete, but broken into
numerous small pieces; inscr. on one side only with 7 ll.
writing in Khotanese and Upright Gupta. Purport not
determined. No. 62, Hoernle Reg. 9″×¾″.

F. ii. i. 007. Wooden tablet, apparently complete, but