Ruins of Desert Cathay 2 Volume Set
Ruins of Desert Cathay 2 Volume Set
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USDIn this two-volume work, published in 1912, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943) describes his second expedition to the deserts of Chinese Turkestan in 1906–8. (His account of his first expedition, Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan (1903), is also reissued in this series.) Stein intended this account to be read by non-specialists, and, like his previous book, it is highly illustrated and full of interesting details about his journey and the people he met en route, as well as of the important archaeological discoveries which still link his name with the civilisation of this remote and dangerous area. As well as locating the western extremity of the Great Wall of China, Stein discovered the caves near the great trading post of Dunhuang which contained - walled up and almost perfectly preserved - manuscripts, sculptures, painted silks and other materials hidden by Buddhist monks nine hundred years previously.
Product details
September 2014Multiple copy pack
9781108077552
1582 pages
230 × 154 × 96 mm
2kg
218 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. 3 maps
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Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- 1. Between Hydaspes and Indus
- 2. Through Swat and Dir
- 3. Across the Lowarai
- 4. In Chitral
- 5. Through Mastuj
- 6. On the Darkot Pass
- 7. In Afghan Wakhan
- 8. To the source of the Oxus
- 9. From Sarikol to Kashgar
- 10. At Chini-Bagh, Kashgar
- 11. To Yarkand and Karghalik
- 12. Stay at Kök-yar
- 13. Along the foot of the Kun-lun
- 14. My return to Khotan
- 15. To the Nissa glaciers
- 16. On the Otrughul glacier
- 17. In the Karanghu-tagh mountains
- 18. A feast at Khotan
- 19. By the desert edge of Khotan
- 20. The shrines of Khadalik
- 21. Sites around Domoko
- 22. To Keriya and the Niya river
- 23. At the Niya site ruins
- 24. Records from a hidden archive
- 25. Last days at a dead oasis
- 26. To the Endere river
- 27. From the Endere ruins to Charchan
- 28. Along the Charchan river
- 29. At Vash-shahri and Charklik
- 30. Start for the Lop desert
- 31. Across an eroded dry delta
- 32. First excavations at the Lop-nor site
- 33. Survey of the ancient station
- 34. Records from an ancient rubbish heap
- 35. Discovery of art remains
- 36. Across the desert to the Tarim
- 37. By the Tarim and Charchan Darya
- 38. The ruined fort of Miran
- 39. Finds of Tibetan records
- 40. Ancient temples of Miran
- 41. A dado of angels
- 42. The frescoes of Miran
- 43. A cycle of festive figures
- 44. Mural painting of Buddhist legend
- 45. The start for Tun-huang
- 46. On old travellers' tracks
- 47. The last of the dry Lop-nor
- 48. A strange old lake bed
- 49. First glimpse of an ancient frontier. Volume 2:
- 50. Ruins en route to Tun-huang
- 51. First halt at Tun-huang
- 52. To the 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas'
- 53. A difficult start from Tun-huang
- 54. By the ancient wall north of Tun-huang
- 55. Discovery of Han records
- 56. To the Nan-hu oasis
- 57. Ancient remains for the future
- 58. First excavations along the western limes
- 59. Reconnaissances along the ancient wall
- 60. Discoveries by the 'Jade Gate'
- 61. The great magazine of the limes
- 62. On the western flank of the limes
- 63. Records from an ancient watch-station
- 64. Return to the 'Thousand Buddhas'
- 65. First opening of the hidden chapel
- 66. A walled-up library and its treasures
- 67. Buddhist pictures from the hidden chapel
- 68. large paintings and other art relics
- 69. A polyglot temple library
- 70. Decorative art at the 'Thousand Buddhas'
- 71. At An-hsi, the 'West Protecting'
- 72. The ruins of Ch'iap-tzu
- 73. The 'Valley of the Myriad Buddhas'
- 74. In the mountains of the westernmost Nan-shan
- 75. By the gate of the 'Great Wall'
- 76. At Su-chou and its 'spring of wine'
- 77. Through the Richthofen range of the Nan-shan
- 78. Across the To-lai-shan range
- 79. From the Su-lo Ho sources to Kan-chou
- 80. From Kan-chou to the T'ien-shan
- 81. At the Hami oasis
- 82. Glimpses of Turfan ruins
- 83. Kara-shahr and its old sites
- 84. From Khora to Kuchar
- 85. In the 'sea of sand'
- 86. In a dead delta
- 87. Salt marsh or ice?
- 88. By the new Keriya river-bed
- 89. More Taklamakan ruins
- 90. From Ak-su to Yarkand
- 91. Preparations at Khotan
- 92. In the gorges of Polur and Zailik
- 93. To the Yurung-kash glaciers-sources
- 94. Across Tibetan plateaus
- 95. On an old mountain track
- 96. The search for the Yangi Dawan
- 97. From the Kun-lun to London
- Index.
