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musical instruments: remains of, 253,
466, 480 sq., 1469; with terra-cotta
figurines, 99, 109, &c., 1468; in paint-
ings, 177, 527, 851, 887, 889, 934,
947, 949, &c.; notes by Miss K.
Schlesinger on, 1467 sqq.
musicians, in paintings, 887, 934, 948–
1082 passim, 1467 sq. See also terra-
cotta slab.
muslin, frr., 248, 600, 788.
Muzart-daryā, river, 1236 n. 4.
mystic poses, &c., see mudrāk.

N = Niya Site, q. v.
n>l, phonetic change of, 322, 337 n. 13.
Na-chih: early Chinese name for Lap-
chuk (q. v.), 337 n. 13; location of, 1157.
Nā-fu-po (*Nāropa): Hsüan-tsang's name
for Lop (q. v.), 288, 321, 323, 325 n. 11,
337 n. 13, 468, 1462; etymology, 321.
Nāche-kuduk, well, 127.
Nāga Apālāla: tutelary divinity of Ud-
yāna, 13; legend relating to his spring,
5, 15; identification of spring, ib.
Nāga Sudarya, legend of, 160, 11.
Nāgarī script, early, MS. in, 1450.
Nāgarīpāma-sūtra, Skr. MS. fr. of, 1454.
Nāgas: of 'dragon lake', 17; terra-
cotta fr. (f), 112; stucco relief frs. (f),
1216, 1281; in paintings, 856, 869,
980, 1002, 1013, 1023, 1036, 1040,
1058, 1076, 1079.
Nagh. = Naghhāra-khāna, q. v.
Naghhāra-khāna, mound near Aiding-kul:
identified with Hsüan-tsang's 'drum-
lake' convent, 94; remains at, ib.
nail-head orn., see designs.
nails, or nail-heads, see bronze, iron.
Naiza-tāsh Pass, on Pāmirs, 64.
Nan. = Nan-hu, q. v.
Nan. K.T. = 'Tai' NE. of Nan-hu
town, 616 sq.
Nan. T. = Nan-hu ruined town, 616 n. 1.
Nan-hu, oasis of: Lang-lo (Shou-ch'ang
hsien) identified with, 620.
topography, 611 sqq.; alluvial
basin, 611; erosion and destruction
by floods, 612, 614, 617; geographical
parallelism with Domoko, 612, 614 sq.;
'Nan-hu Yār', 612 sqq., 626; reservoir
constructed by damming up ravine,
612; irrigation of cultivated areas,
612 sq., 617 sq., 742; outlying areas of
cultivation, 613 sq.; settlement reduced
since earlier period, 615; possible
causes, ib.; strategic importance of Nan-
hu, 622 sq.; natural defences of, 623;
extension of cultivation, 628; likely
position for military agricultural
colony, 742; location of Lang-hsien at,
see s. v.
ancient burial-ground, 611, 619;
'stone grave enclosure, 619.
ancient embankment between Tun-
huang and Nan-hu, 610 sq., 617 sq.;
origin and character of, 617 sq.; sug-

gestion of defensive line, 618 sq.; prob.
purpose, 619; ruined watch-tower at
end of, 611, 617.
ruined town of Nan-hu-k'êng, 615;
mounds within, 615 sq.; brick frs.
found, 615.
Lines wall towards Yü-mên kuan
(q. v.), 618, 621, 628, 601 sq.
route to, 608, 610 sq.; direct route
to SW. flank of Limes doubtful, 655.
population: comfortable condition
of, 611, 614; Tungan inroads cause
depopulation, 614; anthropometric
records of, 1352 sqq.
Chinese coins from, 616, 1345,
1349 sq.; glazed pottery, 616; De-
scriptive List of objects, 629 sqq.
abandoned village sites N. of,
624 sqq.; ruined watch-tower, 625.
Nan-shan ranges: in Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien's
history, 1730; advantages of route along
N. foot of, 580, 723 sq., 1093; limited
supplies along N. foot of, 742; valleys
of, 1127 sq.; grazing grounds in,
1128 sqq.; importance of, 1130;
neglect of, 1128; pastoral tribes at N.
foot of, 1129; winter grazing below
N. slopes of, 1131, 1134.
Nan-shan, Western, geographical ex-
plorations in, 1115 sqq.
Nan-shan, Central, geographical explora-
tions in, 1127 sqq.
Nān-yaigon, 'Tali', 303.
Nanda, Prince Siddhartha's cousin, in
painting, 945.
Nara, Japanese architectural style of, 851.
Nārāyaṇa-sūra, in Vajrapāṇi painting,
1408.
Nariti, Kāfir dialect, see Gabar-bati.
'nasturtium-seed' beads, fr. of, 316, 431,
1270.
Naushirwān, king of Persia, legend of, 73.
*Nāropa, see Nā-fu-po.
necklaces, 49; represented in wood-
carving, 190; in frescoes, 168 sq., 173,
175, 177 sq., 181, 183, 184 sq., 519;
on stone figurine, 122; on painted
panels, 170 sq.; on pottery, 107, 109,
115; on stucco relievos, 144 sq., 148,
&c.; in paintings, 937–1088 passim.
needles: bronze, 444; wooden, 263, 267,
447, 483, 774. See also carpet-weaver's
needles.
Nepāl, Stūpas of, 38.
Nepālese MSS., miniatures of images and
shrines in, 873.
Nepālese script, MS. fr. in early, 1449.
Nepālese type, Ch'ien-fo-tung paintings of,
830, 862, 869 n. 42, 1073–5, 1428.
Nepālese type of Gupta script, MSS. in,
815, 914.
Nestorian Christianity in Eastern Tur-
kestān, evidence for, 465.
Nestorian Christians, traditions of, 96.
netting, see fishing-nets, rope netting,
string netting.

Neve, Dr. A., help of, at Srinagar, 1327.
'New Town', the, see Vāshi-shahri.
Ngan-han, military company, 747 n. 27.
Ngan-tien, military company, 747 n. 27.
Ni-jang, Hsüan-tsang's name for Niya
(q. v.) 212, 220, 277.
Niao-fei, Chinese designation of Wakhān,
62.
Niaz Bêg, of Abdal, 475 n. 16.
Nicholas Range, on Pāmirs, xxii, 54.
Nich-mo, graphic error for Chi-mo, 298.
nien-haos: on Chinese coins, 307, 474,
1168, 1182, 1187 n. 10, 1189, 1287,
1307; in Chinese sgraffito, 276; in
docs., 308, 503 sq., 688, 762, 820,
827; use of obsolete nien-haos, 408,
762, 838 n. 9; absence of, from Chi-
nese sgraffiti, 1112.
Nigūdar, Mongol partisan leader, 11.
Nikê, classical, Byzantine angel figures
derived from, 511 n. 7.
Nīlakanthakāhiraṭi, Skr.-Sogdian MS. of,
914, 920, 924, 1450.
nimbus: in wood-carving, 190; on clay
votive impression, 1268; in frescoes,
169 sq., 173, 175–9, 181–3, 186,
188, 1277, 1282; in painted panels,
168, 170 sq., 174, 180, 184–8, 190,
194, 258 sq.; on painted wood,
171 sq., 175, 183, 189; in paintings,
937–1088 passim; on seal impres-
sion, 231, 291; in stucco relievos, 138,
143 sq., 147, 150, 152, 167, 171, 179 sq.,
186, 200 sq., 1270 sq., 1280 sq. See
also haloes, vesica.
Nina, prob. Kharoṣṭhī form for Niya,
212, 297.
Nisar-gol plateau, 46.
Nissa, anthropometric records of, 1352 sqq.
Niya, oasis of: Hsüan-tsang's Ni-jang,
212, 220, 277; Kharoṣṭhī Nīna (?),
212, 297; anthropometric records of,
1352 sqq. See also Charchan.
Niya River, 240 sq.; shrinkage and
shifting of its course, &c., 243–5.
Niya Site (Charchan, Ni-jang, Nina):
211 sqq.; Niya Site dwellings recalled
at Mīrāgrām, 48 sq.; comparison with
Khādālik, 155, 160, 162; comparison
of wood-carvings with Lou-lan finds,
395; ornamental motifs, 397.
ruins beyond Niya River end, 211–
214; remains of anc. houses, &c., 212;
trial excavation, 213; condition of
ruins previously explored, 214.
NW. group of ruins, 214–24; re-
mains found there, 215 sqq.; large
refuse-heap, 217; Chinese wooden
labels, 218 sqq., 296; other finds, 221;
sites south of N. xxii, 221–5; Rām Singh,
reconnaissance, 222; skeletons found,
223 sq.; constructive features of N. xx,
223; finds in N. xxii, 224.
clearing of N. xxiii, 225; of N. xxiv,
ib.; finds in rooms i–iv, 225 sq.; ar-
rangement of rooms, 226, 378; Kha-

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