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over ancient route, 679 sq. ; advanced watch-post for T. xiv, 670, 694 ; position not suited for head-quarters, 680. xii. a: 669 sqq., 775 sqq.; water-level, 665, 669 ; remains of quarters, 669 ; passages adjoining tower, ib. ; reed fascines near, 677 sqq. ; advanced watch-post for T. xiv, 670, 694. xii: 680 sqq., 777 sq.; effect of wind-erosion near, 643 ; water-level near, 665 ; reed fascines near, 678, 681 ; arrangement of quarters, 681. xiv (ancient fort): 283, 574, 674, 683 sqq., 778-80 ; commands wide view, 574, 583 sq.; position of, 683 ; suited for important station, 684 ; mod. local name, Hsiao-fang-p'an, 683 n. 29 ; no datable remains in fort, 684 ; low earth embankment along wall near, 693 n. 15 ; remains on hillock near, 684 sqq. ; marks position of Yü-mên head-quarters in Han times, see Yü-mên (kuan) ; secondary line of wall near, see Yü-mên kuan ; tunnel leading to shaft prob. used as dungeon, 685 sq. ; remains of brick wall near, 686 ; of T'ang shrine near, 687 sqq. ; proves continuity of local worship, 696 ; mod. shrine at ancient site, ib. xiv. a: 697 sq., 780 sq. ; remains of coining room, 697 ; water-level near, 665, 697. xv: 711, 781. xv. a: 674, 781 sqq.; marked only by refuse and decayed brickwork, 698 ; represents subsidiary 'gate' station of Yü-mên, 705 sqq., 739 ; alignment of secondary wall (see Yü-mên kuan) on, 698 ; remains prove occupation for long period, 699 ; reason for abundance of records, 705 sqq. ; traffic records, 709 ; starting-point of 'route of the north' (q.v.), 668, 768 sqq., 739. xvi: 711, 783 ; guard-room, 711. xvii: 711 sqq., 783. xvii. a: 575, 712, 784. xviii: 574, 712, 784 ; large ruin near, magazine of Limes, 574 sq., 712 sqq., 739 ; mod. local name, Ta-fang-p'an, 683 n. 28. xviii. a: 628. xviii. b (called Wu-shih-tun): 628. xix: 575, 717, 784 sq. ; apartments, 717. xx: 575, 718, 785 ; water-level near, 665, 718. xxi: 576, 718, 785. xxii: 576, xxii. a: 718 sq., 785. xxii. b: 719, 785. xxii. c: 719 sq., 785 ; water-level, 665, 719. xxii. d: sighted across Khara-nôr, 720. xxiii: 576, 720. xxiii. a: guarding route, 674, 721, 786. xxiii. b: 576 n. 5. xxiii. c: 576 n. 5. xxiv: 588 sq., 603. xxv: 599 ; structure of, indicates recent origin, ib. xxvi: 591 sqq., 786. xxvii: 593 sqq., 786 ; built on clay ridge, 595 ; depth of wind-erosion, ib. ; ruined quarters, 594 sq. xxviii: 594, 596 sqq., 787 sq. ; built on clay ridge, 597 ; refuse-heaps at, ib. xxix: 600 sq., 788 sqq. ; built on clay ridge,

600 ; later enclosure, ib. ; ruin of small Buddhist shrine near enclosure, 601 sq. ; remains of stucco sculptures from, 601 ; approximate date of, ib. xxx: 602 sq. ; built on clay terrace, 603. xxxi: 592, 604, 790. xxxii: 592, 605, 790. xxxiii: 592, 605 ; enclosure near, 605. xxxiv: 592, 605, 790. xxxv: 592, 605. watch-towers near An-hsi, 1094 sq., 1139 sq. ; watch-towers of Yü-mên-hsien–An-hsi line, 1137 sq.
construction of watch-towers of Tun-huang Limes wall: construction adapted to physical conditions, 738 ; general features and materials, 737 sq. T. i: 639 ; ii: 640 ; iii: 568 ; iv. a: 634 ; iv. b: 635 ; iv. c: 635 ; v: 641 ; vi. a: 643 sq. ; vi. b: 644 sq. ; vi. c: 651 ; vi. d: 654 ; vii: 571 ; viii: 658 ; ix: 572, 661 ; ix. a: 662 ; x: 572 ; xi: 667 ; xii: 680 ; xii. a: 669 ; xiii: 681 ; xiv: 574, 684 ; xiv. a: 697 ; xv: 711 ; xv. a: 698 ; xvi: 711 ; xvii: 711 ; xviii. b: 628 ; xix: 717 ; xxi: 718 ; xxii. a: 719 ; xxii. b: 719 ; xxii. c: 719 ; xxii. d: 720 ; xxiii. a: 721 ; xxiv: 588 sq. ; xxv: 599 ; xxvi: 591 ; xxvii: 593-5 ; xxviii: 597 ; xxix: 600 ; xxx: 603 ; xxxi: 604 ; xxxii: 605 ; xxxiii: 605.
finds at or near watch-towers on Tun-huang Limes wall: T. i: 639 ; ii: 640, 768 ; iii: 560, 638 ; iv. b: 636 ; iv. c: 1345 ; v: 641, 769 ; vi. b: 645, 649 sq., 663, 749, 744, 769 sq., 1345 ; vi. c: 651, 770 sq., 1345 ; vi. d: 771 ; vii: 567 sq., 771 ; viii: 216, 659-61, 771 sqq. ; xi: 773 sq., 1345 ; xii: 680, 774 sq. ; xii. a: 669 sqq., 775 sqq. ; xiii: 681, 777 sq. ; xiv: 674, 684 sqq., 778 sqq., 1345 ; xiv. a: 698, 780 sq. ; xv: 711, 781 ; xv. a: 699, sqq., 705 sqq., 709, 781 sqq. ; xvi: 711, 783 ; xvii: 712, 784 ; xvii. a: 712, 784 ; xviii: 784, 1345 ; xix: 717, 784 sq. ; xx: 718, 785, 1345 ; xxi: 785 ; xxii. a: 719, 785 ; xxii. b: 719, 785 ; xxii. c: 719 sq., 785 sq. ; xxiii. a: 674, 721, 786 ; xxvi: 592, 786, 1345 ; xxvii: 593-6, 786, 1345 ; xxviii: 597-9, 787 sq. ; xxix: 600 sq., 788 sqq. ; xxxi: 604, 790 ; xxxii: 605, 790 ; xxxv: 605, 790, 1345 ; xxxv: 592 ; Chinese coins, 592, 1345 ; Chinese docs., 592 sqq., 639, 645, 659 sq., 663, 667 sq., 669 sq., 674, 684 sqq., 697, 705 sqq., 709, 719 sq., 721, 740, 744 ; dated docs., 593-5, 636, 647, 685, 688, 609, 1345, 709 ; Early Sogdian docs., 669, 671 sqq., 776 sqq. (see also Sogdian) ; Kharoṣṭhī docs., 670, 777 (see also Kharoṣṭhī).
water, levels of: in marshes along Limes wall, 664 sqq., 683, 697, 718 ; measurements of, 665, 667, 669, 683, 697,

718 ; on Baghrash Lake, 1183 ; constant, near Korla, 1230 n. 1. See also marsh.
subsoil water, 551, 552, 639, 663 sq., 683, 1103, 1284.
See also erosion by water, irrigation, kāriz.
water-colours, used for Ch'ien-fo-tung paintings, 846. See also tempera.
water-fowl, in painted panel, 1225, 1229.
water-jar, in terra-cotta relief, 115.
water-mill, remains of, at Endere, 285.
'water-proofing' on shoe frs., 767, 776.
water-skins, with terra-cotta figurines, 99, 105, 110, 123, 137, 141 sq.
Watters, Mr. T., on Fa-hsien's Wu-i, 324 n. 4.
wattle, see wall-construction.
wave pattern, see designs.
weavers' instruments, wooden: (Khādālik) 193 ; (Mazār-toghrak) 205, 210 ; (Niya) 217, 221, 224, 249, 252 sq., 256 sq. ; (Mīrān) 480 sq., 483. See also carpet-weaver's needles, weaving sticks.
weaving, technique of, in Ch'ien-fo-tung textile fabrics, 897 sqq.
weaving needles, see carpet-weaver's needles.
weaving sticks, wooden, 1243, 1292 (?) . See also carpet-weaver's needles, weavers' instruments.
wedge-shaped wooden blocks, inscribed, of uncertain use, 645 and n. 2, 651, 660, 769-71.
wei, title of Limes officer, 710.
wei-Hêng, title of Limes officer, 710 n. 45.
Wei dynasty, period of: banners, 812 ; 839 n. 7, 841. See also Chinese documents.
Wei-ch'ih, name of ruling family of Khotan in T'ang times, 884 n. 6.
Wei-ch'ih I-sêng, Khotanese painter mentioned, 106 n. 7, 873, 883 n. 6.
Wei-ch'ih Po-chih-na, Khotanese painter, Sukhāvatī fresco by, 883.
Wei-hsü, in Han Annals, 1230, 1231 ; identified with Korla, 1230 sq. ; absorbed in Yen-ch'i in Chin times, 1232.
Wei-yung (Ak-su, q.v.), 1297.
Wei-Io, 1320 ; in Wei Io and Ch'ien Han shu, 1321 ; located on Konche-daryā, ib.
wei-liang, title of Limes officer, 710 n. 45.
Wei Io (composed by Yü Huan): on Chêng-chüeh, 219, 296, 328, 414 n. 3, 418 ; on Chü-mo (Charchan), 296, 328, 418 ; on Hsiao-yüan, 296, 328, 418 ; on Lou-lan, 328, 343, 417 sqq. ; on Shan-Shan, 230, 296, 328, 418 ; location of 'Chü-lu granary' in, 557, 730 ; on Little Yüeh-chih and other tribes near Tun-huang, 1130 ; on Wei-li, 1231 ; on Ku-mo (Ak-su), 1297 ; on Chü-li, 1323 ; on P'i-lung, 1323. 'Western Countries' and routes to: 'route of the centre' (Lou-lan route, q.v.), 341, 343, 345.

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