Introduction . 
xxm 
1899 .] 
Tam AghIl (<-Ml (*G or * a walled enclosure for cattle *) ; half-march 
north-east of Kliotan ; inhabited ; gold ornaments and seals are said to 
have been found in this village. A human skull, with a layer of gold and 
with a ring attached to the nose, appears to have been picked up here. 
For convenient reference the following Table gives a summary of 
all the antiquities, the localities and times 
Summary. when they were found or received, and the 
persons who found them or through whom they were received. By 
“MSS.” are understood manuscript or xylograph books, or pothi bound 
in the Indian fashion; also detached leaves or sheets. By “ books ” 
are meant volumes, either manuscript or xylograph, which are bound in 
the European fashion. Dates, placed within brackets, are those of the 
receipt of the antiquities, their dates of discovery being unknown. 
6 
Consign¬ 
ment. 
Objects. 
Find-place. 
Time. 
Finder or Transmitter. 
1 
Fragments. 
MSS. 
1 
Kuchar. 
Sept., 1894. 
Through the Amban 
of Kuchar. 
2 
Gr.l. 
MSS. 
Kuchar (Kho- 
tan ?) 
(Sept., 1895). 
Through anonymous 
merchants. 
3 
M. 1, Set I. 
MSS. 
Kuchar. 
1889. 
Dildar Khan, Afghan, 
and another Turki 
merchant. 
4 
M. 1, Set II. 
MSS. 
Aq Sapil (Kho- 
tan). 
1895. 
Islam Akhun, treasure- 
seeker of Khotan. 
5 
M.l, Set III. 
MSS. 
Yabu Qiim 
(Khotan). 
1895. 
do. 
6 
M. 1, Set 17. 
MSS. 
Qara Qol Mazar 
(Khotan). 
August, 1895. 
do. 
7 
M. 1, Sets Y, 
VI. 
MSS. 
Kok Gumbaz 
(Khotan). 
October, 1895. 
do. 
8 
M. 2, Set I. 
MSS., Antiq„ 
Qara Yantaq 
(Khotan). 
November, 
1896. 
do. 
9 
M. 2, Set II. 
Antiques. 
Aq Sapil (do.) 
1895-96. 
do. 
10 
M.2, Set III. 
Antiques. 
Borazan 
(Khotan). 
(31st March, 
1895). 
Through Akram Khan 
and Badruddin Khan, 
Afghan traders in 
Khotan. 
11 
M. 2, Set IV. 
Antiques. 
Kok Gumbaz 
(Khotan). 
October, 1896. 
Islam Akhun, treasure- 
seeker of Khotan. 
12 
G. 2. 
Book. 
Takla Makan. 
(11th Sept., 
1897). 
do. 
13 
G. 3, Set I. 
MSS. 
Yabu Qum 
(Khotan). 
1895. 
do. ? 
14 
G. 3, Set II. 
MSS. 
Unknown. 
Unknown. 
Unknown. 
15 
G. 3, Set III. 
MSS. 
Kok Gnmbaz 
(Khotan). 
October, 1896. 
Islam Akhun, treasure- 
seeker of Khotan. 
16 
M. 3. 
MSS., 13 
books, Anti¬ 
quities. 
Borazan 
(Khotan). 
(31st July, 
1897.) 
Six books and some 
antiquities through 
Badruddin; 7books, 
MSS. and antiques, 
bought by Mr. Ma¬ 
cartney in Khotan. 
