Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan
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GBPBetween 1900 and 1901, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862–1943) made the first of several significant trips through Central Asia. In 1903, he published this account of his journey from Calcutta to London via the deserts of Chinese Turkestan. The text is richly illustrated with photographs of locations on the route followed by Stein's party, as well as of the people they encountered and many of the artefacts they excavated in the vicinity of the ancient oasis town of Khotan. Stein intended his book to be accessible to non-specialists, and his descriptions of the many important archaeological discoveries, such as Sanskrit texts of Buddhist scriptures, are interspersed with compelling human details and anecdotes about traversing the challenging terrain of eastern Central Asia. The work of an indefatigable explorer, this book sheds light on the spread of Graeco-Buddhist culture along the Silk Route.
Product details
February 2014Paperback
9781108069731
576 pages
217 × 140 × 30 mm
0.65kg
135 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Calcutta to Kashmir
- 2. To Astor and Gilgit
- 3. Hunza
- 4. On the Taghdumbash Pamir
- 5. In Sarikol
- 6. On Muztagh-Ata
- 7. Through the Gez defile to Kashgar
- 8. Stay at Kashgar
- 9. Hanui and Ordam-Padshah
- 10. Yarkand and Karghalik
- 11. On the road to Khotan
- 12. Arrival in Khotan
- 13. To headwaters of the Yurung-Kash
- 14. Over the Kara-Kash ranges
- 15. Antiquarian preparations at Khotan
- 16. Yotkan, the site of the ancient capital
- 17. To the ruins of Dandan-Uiliq
- 18. Excavations of Buddhist shrines
- 19. First finds of ancient manuscripts
- 20. Discovery of dated documents
- 21. Through the desert to Keriya
- 22. To Niya and Imam Jafar Sadik
- 23. First excavation of Kharoshthi tablets
- 24. Excavation of ancient residences
- 25. Disciveries in an antique rubbish pit
- 26. Decipherment of ancient documents on wood and leather
- 27. The ruins of Endere
- 28. Expedition to Karadong ruins
- 29. The search for Hiuen-Tsiang's Pi-mo
- 30. Ak-Sipil and the sculptures of the Rawak stupa
- 31. Islam Akhun and his forgeries
- 32. Last days in Khotan oasis
- 33. From Khotan to London
- Index.
