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FURTHER news of Dr. M. A. Stein's archæological explorations in Chinese Turkestan hae now been received. After leaving Keriya at the beginning of the winter, he proceeded eastwards 1200 miles along the borders of the Taklamakan desert to the Lop-nor region, where he intended to excavate. On the way he made further investigations at the Rawak Stupa, in the Hanguya Tati, and at the Domoko desert site, where he found remains of the Dandan-Uiliq period, the eighth century A.D. At the desert-site north of Niya, where in 1901 he had discovered the remains of a settlement buried in the third century A.D., renewed excavations brought to light more interesting and important antiquities of the same kind as those discovered in 1901, especially noticeable being the wooden tablets inscribed in Kharoshthi. Among the clay seals of these tablets, impressions from Græco-Roman intagli are the commonest.
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Archæological Explorations in Chinese Turkestan . Nature 76, 339–340 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076339a0
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