Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I BETWEEN HYDASPES AND INDUS
- CHAPTER II THROUGH SWAT AND DIR
- CHAPTER III ACROSS THE LOWARAI
- CHAPTER IV IN CHITRAL
- CHAPTER V THROUGH MASTUJ
- CHAPTER VI ON THE DARKOT PASS
- CHAPTER VII IN AFGHAN WAKHAN
- CHAPTER VIII TO THE SOURCE OF THE OXUS
- CHAPTER IX FROM SARIKOL TO KASHGAR
- CHAPTER X AT CHINI-BAGH, KASHGAR
- CHAPTER XI TO YARKAND AND KARGHALIK
- CHAPTER XII STAY AT KöK-YAR
- CHAPTER XIII ALONG THE FOOT OF THE KUN-LUN
- CHAPTER XIV MY RETURN TO KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XV TO THE NISSA GLACIERS
- CHAPTER XVI ON THE OTRUGHUL GLACIER
- CHAPTER XVII IN THE KARANGHU-TAGH MOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII A FEAST AT KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XIX BY THE DESERT EDGE OF KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XX THE SHRINES OF KHADALIK
- CHAPTER XXI SITES AROUND DOMOKO
- CHAPTER XXII TO KERIYA AND THE NIYA RIVER
- CHAPTER XXIII AT THE NIYA SITE RUINS
- CHAPTER XXIV RECORDS FROM A HIDDEN ARCHIVE
- CHAPTER XXV LAST DAYS AT A DEAD OASIS
- CHAPTER XXVI TO THE ENDERE RIVER
- CHAPTER XXVII FROM THE ENDERE RUINS TO CHARCHAN
- CHAPTER XXVIII ALONG THE CHARCHAN RIVER
- CHAPTER XXIX AT VASH-SHAHRI AND CHARKLIK
- CHAPTER XXX START FOR THE LOP DESERT
- CHAPTER XXXI ACROSS AN ERODED DRY DELTA
- CHAPTER XXXII FIRST EXCAVATIONS AT THE LOP-NOR SITE
- CHAPTER XXXIII SURVEY OF THE ANCIENT STATION
- CHAPTER XXXIV RECORDS FROM AN ANCIENT RUBBISH HEAP
- CHAPTER XXXV DISCOVERY OF ART REMAINS
- CHAPTER XXXVI ACROSS THE DESERT TO THE TARIM
- CHAPTER XXXVII BY THE TARIM AND CHARCHAN DARYA
- CHAPTER XXXVIII THE RUINED FORT OF MIRAN
- CHAPTER XXXIX FINDS OF TIBETAN RECORDS
- CHAPTER XL ANCIENT TEMPLES OF MIRAN
- CHAPTER XLI A DADO OF ANGELS
- CHAPTER XLII THE FRESCOES OF MIRAN
- CHAPTER XLIII A CYCLE OF FESTIVE FIGURES
- CHAPTER XLIV MURAL PAINTING OF BUDDHIST LEGEND
- CHAPTER XLV THE START FOR TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER XLVI ON OLD TRAVELLERS' TRACKS
- CHAPTER XLVII THE LAST OF THE DRY LOP-NOR
- CHAPTER XLVIII A STRANGE OLD LAKE BED
- CHAPTER XLIX FIRST GLIMPSE OF AN ANCIENT FRONTIER
- Map
CHAPTER VII - IN AFGHAN WAKHAN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Frontmatter
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I BETWEEN HYDASPES AND INDUS
- CHAPTER II THROUGH SWAT AND DIR
- CHAPTER III ACROSS THE LOWARAI
- CHAPTER IV IN CHITRAL
- CHAPTER V THROUGH MASTUJ
- CHAPTER VI ON THE DARKOT PASS
- CHAPTER VII IN AFGHAN WAKHAN
- CHAPTER VIII TO THE SOURCE OF THE OXUS
- CHAPTER IX FROM SARIKOL TO KASHGAR
- CHAPTER X AT CHINI-BAGH, KASHGAR
- CHAPTER XI TO YARKAND AND KARGHALIK
- CHAPTER XII STAY AT KöK-YAR
- CHAPTER XIII ALONG THE FOOT OF THE KUN-LUN
- CHAPTER XIV MY RETURN TO KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XV TO THE NISSA GLACIERS
- CHAPTER XVI ON THE OTRUGHUL GLACIER
- CHAPTER XVII IN THE KARANGHU-TAGH MOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII A FEAST AT KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XIX BY THE DESERT EDGE OF KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XX THE SHRINES OF KHADALIK
- CHAPTER XXI SITES AROUND DOMOKO
- CHAPTER XXII TO KERIYA AND THE NIYA RIVER
- CHAPTER XXIII AT THE NIYA SITE RUINS
- CHAPTER XXIV RECORDS FROM A HIDDEN ARCHIVE
- CHAPTER XXV LAST DAYS AT A DEAD OASIS
- CHAPTER XXVI TO THE ENDERE RIVER
- CHAPTER XXVII FROM THE ENDERE RUINS TO CHARCHAN
- CHAPTER XXVIII ALONG THE CHARCHAN RIVER
- CHAPTER XXIX AT VASH-SHAHRI AND CHARKLIK
- CHAPTER XXX START FOR THE LOP DESERT
- CHAPTER XXXI ACROSS AN ERODED DRY DELTA
- CHAPTER XXXII FIRST EXCAVATIONS AT THE LOP-NOR SITE
- CHAPTER XXXIII SURVEY OF THE ANCIENT STATION
- CHAPTER XXXIV RECORDS FROM AN ANCIENT RUBBISH HEAP
- CHAPTER XXXV DISCOVERY OF ART REMAINS
- CHAPTER XXXVI ACROSS THE DESERT TO THE TARIM
- CHAPTER XXXVII BY THE TARIM AND CHARCHAN DARYA
- CHAPTER XXXVIII THE RUINED FORT OF MIRAN
- CHAPTER XXXIX FINDS OF TIBETAN RECORDS
- CHAPTER XL ANCIENT TEMPLES OF MIRAN
- CHAPTER XLI A DADO OF ANGELS
- CHAPTER XLII THE FRESCOES OF MIRAN
- CHAPTER XLIII A CYCLE OF FESTIVE FIGURES
- CHAPTER XLIV MURAL PAINTING OF BUDDHIST LEGEND
- CHAPTER XLV THE START FOR TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER XLVI ON OLD TRAVELLERS' TRACKS
- CHAPTER XLVII THE LAST OF THE DRY LOP-NOR
- CHAPTER XLVIII A STRANGE OLD LAKE BED
- CHAPTER XLIX FIRST GLIMPSE OF AN ANCIENT FRONTIER
- Map
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- Ruins of Desert CathayPersonal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, pp. 63 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1912