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paintings, 1077, 1080; incarnation of, represented in 'Maṇḍala' of Bhaiṣajya-guru, 1409; of Kšitigarbha, 1422; fresco of, at Wan-fo-hsia, 1111 sq.
'Cave of Mañjuśrī', 801 n. 11.
'Prayers of M.' in painting, 1055.
Mannerheim, Gen. C. G. E., on pastoral tribes at N. foot of Nan-shan, 1129.
Mannyuiri, named in MS. fr., 1438. See Manyuiri.
mantra, see charm.
Mantroddhr̥tanāmāni (?), Tibetan MS. fr. of, 1471.
manuscripts from Ch'ien-fo-tung: sizes of paper rolls or sheets, 672 n. 3, 809 sq.; quality of paper, see paper; method of rolling and tying MSS., ib.; MSS. and prints of 13th–14th cent., 828.
Brāhmī: 810 sq., 814 sq., 827 n. 3, 828, 913 sq.; languages, &c., of, 814 sq., 913 sq.; method of indicating MSS. from misc. bundles, 814 n. 2.
Chinese: 809 sq., 822, 826 sq., 916 sq., 924; Buddhist Sūtras by Hsüan-tsang, 807; illuminated MSS., 891 sq., 974, 976, 1026; booklets of 'concertina' shape, 920 n. 5; covers worked in silk fabrics, 900, 994, 1040, 1059; covers made of bamboo slips, 900, 1014, 1018; decoration on, 907; 'Sassanian' design of roll cover, 908; linen border from cover, 954.
Early Nāgarī and Sogdian (q.v.), 1450.
Hsi-hsia script, none found at Ch'ien-fo-tung, 820, 827 sq.
Khotanese, see s.v.
Kuchean, see s.v.
Manichaean, see s.v.
Nepalese, 815, 879, 914.
Sanskrit, 154 sq., 914, 1432 sq., 1448 sq.
Sogdian (see also s.v.), 818 sq., 827 n. 3, 920 sq., 924, 1450.
Tibetan (see also s.v.), 810, 816, 823, 828, 919 sq., 1470 sq.
Turkish 'Runic', 819, 921 sq., 924.
Uigur, 816, 827 n. 3, 828 sq., 923, 925.
See also Wang Tao-shih.
Manyuiri or Mañjuśrī (Mañjuśrī), named in MS. fr., 1443.
Mao I, prefect, 421.
Mao-mei, oasis, 1122, 1137.
maps embodying surveys, methods of preparation, &c., ix; general map (1 : 3,000,000) and map sheets 1–94, in Vol. V.
maps (1 : 500,000), atlas of new, ix n. 5.
'maps of the fields', referred to in Tibetan docs., 1464.
Marāl-bāshi: search for ruins NE. of, 1310; local worship of rocky heights near, ib.; irrigation of, 1310 n. 2; doubtful identification of Wo-shê-ti

with, 1310 n. 2; formerly called Bar-chuk, ib.; resumed and extended cultivation near, 1310 sq.; character of Dolan population, 1311; route from Tumshuk, 1309 sq.; route to Yarkand and Khotan, 1312.
Marcī, goddess, in paintings, 1052, 1078 (?); incarnation of, 1409.
Marinus, of Tyre, on trade route to the Seres, 676, 701.
marking-pegs (?), 1256.
Marquart, Professor J.: on Shuang-mi, 45 n. 24; on Tochāri, 287 n. 3.
Marsh of Salt (Yen-tsê, Lop-nōr, q.v.), 427.
marshes: substitute for Limes wall, 573, 663, 668, 718, 729, 736; marshes near Achal-tāgh, 1311; marsh-bed fed by Nan-hu drainage, 629, 683.
marsh-filled depressions near Limes, 663, 629, 663 sq., 668 sq., 683, 717 sq.; fed by canals and floods, 663; caused by erosive action of drainage, 663; fed by springs, ib.; reed-beds in, 664; water-levels in, 664 sq., 667, 669, 683; gauged by Limes wall, 665, 683; determined by precipitation on Nan-shan, 666; impassable, 664, 668; no surface connexion with Su-lo Ho bed, 681.
Martin, M. Joseph, first mod. European to cross Lop desert, 565, 591.
masks: bearded human, in fresco, 180; Persian type, on intaglio, 126.
appliqué on pottery: Bes-like, female, 109, 115, 1257; frowning demon, 108, 110, 1259; 'Gorgoneion' type, 98, 108, 113, 851; grotesque human, 98, 104, 109, 113, 121; lion, 98, 108–10, 113, 115, 121 sq., 126, 1271; lioness, 113; mastiff, 98, 114; ram, 98, 108; tiger, 120.
of monkeys, see monkeys.
Massaga, siege of, 2; position of, not traceable, 4.
mastiff, mask, 98, 114.
Mastuch, see Mastūj.
Mastūj (Chit-wei, Shang-mi, Mastuch): Wu-k'ung's route through, 18; siege of, 33; historical and geographical independence of, 41 sq.; account of, in T'ang Annals, 42; Chinese political interest in, 43; old sites in, 45 sq.; chief place of, 46. See also Darband, Ta-mo-hsi-t'ie-ti.
Mastūjīs, anthropometric records of, 1352 sq.
Masūra-saṅghārāma, 'convent of the lentils', located near Tursak, 13, 16; Chinese forms of name: Mo-yü, Mo-shu, Mi-hsin, 16 n. 14.
mat, grass, see grass, matting.
mat marks on pottery, see pottery.
Matan, locality, 1298 n. 13.
matchlocks, iron, frs., 711, 781.
Mātr̥ceṭa, MS. fr. containing hymns of,

914, 1448; stotras of, 1436 (?), 1451, 1454.
matrix: ruby, 316; turquoise, 268, 315.
matting: frs. found, 268, 434; cane frs., 688, 779; fibre string, 597, 768, 787; grass, 778; plaited cane, 680, 774; reed matting with plastered surface, 645.
mattock, iron blade of, 711, 781.
Maudgalyāyana, disciple of Buddha: in paintings, 882, 888, 1037 sq., 1071, 1073, 1077; in silk embroidery hanging, 984; named in Tibetan MS. fr., 1471.
Mauri-tim, Stūpa, near Kāshgar, 38, 81.
Māyā, Gautama Buddha's mother, in paintings, 853 n. 39, 854 n. 44, 855 sq., 943, 947, 1027, 1063.
Mayaklik, grazing ground: site near, 1274 sq.; finds from, marked Ta. (= Tarishlak, q.v.).
Mazār-tāgh ('Hill of the sacred shrine'), on Khotan River: length and geological structure, 1284 sq.; morphological connexion with Mazār-tāgh near Marāl-bāshi, 1285; effects of wind-erosion on, ib.; watch-tower on hill-crest, 1285 sq.; advantage of position, 1287.
fort on end of ridge: belongs to same period as Mirān fort, 468; its position, 1285; construction of walls and towers, ib.; interior, 1285 sq.; remains of quarters, 1285; walled outer court, 1286; excavation of 'keep', 1286 sq.; relics destroyed by fire, 1287; remains of store-pit, ib.; refuse-layers outside fort, 1287 sq.; Tibetan occupation of fort compared with that of Mirān, 1291.
finds in and near fort: misc., 1286 sq., 1291 sq.; Chinese coins, 1285, 1347, 1349; chronological evidence of, 1287; doubts of provenance of coins justified, 1279; Tibetan, Chinese, and other docs., 462, 467 sq., 1279, 1286–9, 1456 sq.; Dr. Francke's notes on Tibetan docs., 1460 sq.
Mazār-tāgh, near Marāl-bāshi, 1285, 1310.
Mazār-tepe, derivation of local name, 71 n. 26.
Mazār-toghrak, site, 205 sq.; approximate dating of remains, 206; abandonment of settlement at, 207; Khotanese docs. found, 205 sq., 1447; Chinese coin, 206, 1343; Descriptive List of objects found, 209; resemblances between Kara-yantak and M., 1262.
Mazārs: caves in Pakhpa Mts. looked upon as Mazārs, 89; proximity of M. to old sites, 1254; M. of legendary Imām 'Alī Akbar, 92; Kuil-jai Mazār, 84; M. of the three Ghāzīs near Āiding-kul, 94; of Rukn-ud-din Sāhib and Kohmārī, 95; at Suya, 127; at