130 Dr. Hoernle — Block-Prints from Khotan. [April, 



Col. I, add. line, letter 4 resembles the Kharostlii va; so also 

 col. I, line 10, letter 4; also col. I, line 5, letter 4 {vu), and 

 col. II, line 7, letter 2 {vu) ; col. I, line 11, letter 4 {vu) ; 

 also col. II, line 9, letter 3 (ve). 

 Col. Ill, line 11, letter J resembles KharostM ra or ta. It occurs 

 also in col. II, line 8, letter 2, and, in diminutive size, in 

 col. II, line 3, letter 3. 

 Col. I, line 1, letter 3 resembles the Kharosthi ga ; and in col. I, 



line 4, letter 4 there is ^u. 

 Col. I, add. line, letter 6 resembles the Kharosthi sa (or so). 

 Col. II, line 8, letter 5 resembles the Kharosthi dha. With the 



preceding letter, the word might be hudha {huddha). 

 Col. Ill, line 1, letter 3 resembles the Kharosthi am. 

 A letter which occurs several times is in col. II, line 2, letter 3 ; 

 col. II, line 4, letter 4 ; col. II, line 5, letter I ; col. I, add. line, letter 5 ; 

 col. I, line 2, letter 3. 



Col. I, line 6, letter 4 has some resemblance to the Greek capital 

 A, and col. I, line 6, letter 8, col. II, line 7, letter 3, col. Ill, line 12, letter I 

 to the Greek capital U (V) ; and col. Ill, line 7, letter 4 is exactly like 

 the obsolete Greek ^ of the Kanerki coins. It also occurs in col. 



1, line 7, letter 1, where, however, the loop is omitted in the simpler 

 text. There are also some other signs which remind one of Greek 

 letters, thus omega in col. II, line 11, letter 4 ; omikron in col. II, line 



2, letter 2, and elsewhere; sigma in col. I, line 4, letter 2; col. I, 

 line 12, letter 2; col. I, line 11, letter 2 (or 3). Another sign, like sigma 

 reversed, occurs in col. I, line 8, letter 4 ; and with a side-stroke, in 

 col. I, line 2, letter 7 ; col. Ill, line 2, letter 1 ; col. II, line 4, letter 

 2. Iota occurs in col. I, line 2, letter 2, and col. I, line 12, letter 1. 



With reference to the facsimile legends shown on Plate II, I should 

 explain, that they are shown on a uniform plan : their heads point to 

 line 7, and their foot to line 8, as shown in figure 3 of Plate I. It will 

 be noticed, however, that the same symbol often occurs in reversed 

 positions, which seems to suggest that occasionally the legend is turned 

 on its head. 



In each numbered group, there are shown two legends, marked 

 a and h. These occur on the same page of the book ; thus a and h of 

 No. 1 occur on page 4. Each page, as already explained, bears two 

 imprints of the block (fig. 1, Plate I). Each imprint, of course has 

 the horizontal blank space ; and in these two blank spaces the two legends 

 a and h are placed. 



It will be noticed that the same letter or group of letters is often 

 repeated. I cannot yet identify them ; but some of them sugge st Greek 



