xxiv Dr. Hoernle —Antiquities from Central Asia. [Extra No. 1, 
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Consign¬ 
ment. 
Objects. 
Find-place. 
Time. 
!Finder or Transmitter. 
17 
G. 4. 
Antiques. 
Western Tur¬ 
kestan. 
(20th Oct., 
1897.) 
Through Miyan Ghu- 
1am Rasul, merchant. 
18 
M. 4. 
MSS., books, 
Antiques. 
Takla Makan. 
(3rd Sept., 
1897). 
Brought to Mr. Mac¬ 
artney from Khotan. 
19 
T. 1. 
MSS. 
do. 
1895. 
Muhammad Ghauz of 
Khotan through the 
Wazir Wazarat of 
Leh. 
20 
M. 5. 
Books (2). 
do. 
(6th Oct., 
1897). 
Brought to Mr. Mac¬ 
artney from Khotan. 
21 
G. 5. 
Books (2), 
MSS. 
do. 
December, 
1897. 
Unknown. 
22 
G. 6. 
Antiques. 
do. 
January, 1898. 
Through Munshi 
Ahmad Din. 
23 
G. 7. 
Books (3). 
do. 
1st February, 
1898. 
Unknown. 
24 
M. 6. 
Books (6), 
Antiques. 
Khotan, 
Borazan. 
Summer, 1897. 
Two books through 
Badrnddin; rest from 
Rev. Hogberg. 
25 
M. 7. 
Books (9). 
Aq Tala, Tuz. 
January, 1898. 
Islam Akhun, treasure- 
seeker of Khotan. 
26 
M. 8. 
Books (8). 
Kiang Tuz. 
(13 th April, 
1898). 
do. 
27 
G. 8. 
Book (1). 
Unknown. 
(7 th July, 
1898). 
Through Muhammad 
Bakhsh. a Panjabi 
28 
G. 9. 
Book (1). 
do. 
(25th July, 
1898). 
trader in Kashghar. 
Through Sayyid Gul 
Muhammad, Kash¬ 
ghar merchant. 
29 
M. 9. 
MSS., books, 
Antiques. 
Khotan. 
(11th July, 
1898). 
Through Badruddin. 
30 
G. 10. 
Books, 
Antiques. 
Takla Makan. 
(November, 
1898). 
From Leh. 
The Takla Makan desert appears to have received its name from 
the large quantities of broken pottery, which 
are found strewn about in many places, 16 and 
which show that, in ancient times, parts of 
Description of the 
Takla Makan Tract. 16 
16 Compare the account of this Tract in the Report of a Mission to Yarkand in 
1873, pp. 25 ff. 
18 Mr. Biickluncl informs me that “ Takla Makan is a peculiar word which the 
natives apply to places covered with pottery. Such places are very numerous. 
Also many skeletons can be found in those places.” Mr. Macartney also writes to 
me that “ the fragments of ancient pottery, images, etc., are not always found 
imbedded as at Borazan. They are often seen lying on the surface of the ground. 
I was much struck, along the road between Guma and Jhanguia, with the frequent 
appearance of pieces of broken earthen-ware vases (of no artistic value) covering 
large areas of ground, such areas being themselves situated in the. midst of a sand- 
desert, and often 5 or 6 miles from habitation.” The word ‘ Takla Makan ’ is not 
as Dr. Sven Hedin appears to state (pp. 450, 457, 785, 801 in his most interesting 
book Through Asia) the proper name of any one particular place. 
