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Title: Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Stein, Aurel, Sir, 1862-1943 Archaeological Survey of India
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Publisher: London : Macmillan
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o the complete excavation of thosedwelling quarters in the fort, which I had not been able totouch before, proved a heavy task for my labourers. Wenow cleared them all, including a large hall; but our onlyfinds were some fine wooden pillars with rich mouldings—clearly produced by the turning-lathe in spite of diametersexceeding one foot—and some elaborately modelled fire-places in underground rooms which must have servedfor shelter in the winter. While my diggers were thushard at work under the Naiks and Chiang-ssu-yehssupervision, I found time to visit certain remains fartheraway about which information had reached me. Goingnorth beyond the large Stupa, I ascertained that theshapeless mounds of stamped clay, already noticed on myfirst arrival, had originally formed part of a large walledenclosure decayed by erosion almost beyond recognitionand half buried amidst dunes. It was only by closely observing the alignment of thewall fragments still traceable here and there that the area
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I04. REMAINS OF ANCIENT WALL ON EROSION WITNESS, ENDERE SITE.The line A B marks original ground level. In background portion of ancient walled enclosure.

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