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The Silk Road: A New History

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by Valerie Hansen


  Kidarites, 120

  Kirghiz, 108, 190, 216, 226

  Kizil caves, 56–58, 60–65, 62, 63, 67, 77

  Koguryo, 128

  Kongque (Peacock) River, 27

  Korea, 128, 147, 157, 165

  Korla, 60, 75

  Kratchkovsky, I. Y., 130

  Kroraina Kingdom, 28–29

  Buddhism in, 26, 30, 31, 33–35, 47, 51–55, 53

  burial practices, 38–42, 41

  coins of, 35–36, 42–43, 48–50

  Gandhara immigrants, 26–27, 30, 32, 35, 37–38, 44–48, 50–52

  and Kharoshthi script, 25, 26–27, 30, 32–38, 42–43, 45–47

  Stein’s explorations of, 12–13, 25–27, 30, 32–38, 42–43, 45–47, 53–54

  Kucha

  and Buddhism, 56–57, 66–70, 76–77, 80

  and Hedin’s explorations, 58–60

  and the Kizil caves, 56–58, 60–65, 62, 67, 77

  and Kumarajiva, 21

  political control of, 75–82

  religions of, 228

  routes through, 58–59

  and the Tang dynasty, 79–82, 211

  and tourism, 10

  and trade, 76–82

  See also Kuchean language

  Kucha caves, 10

  Kucha River, 58

  Kuchean language

  and Kumarajiva, 21, 56–57, 66

  and Pelliot’s expedition, 65

  and Qu family rulers, 91

  scholarship on, 70–77

  and transformation texts, 188

  travel passes, 57, 79, 80

  and Turfan, 82–83

  word for “coin,” 259n58

  Küchlük, 229

  Kultobe, 116

  Kum, 129

  Kumamoto, Hiroshi, 226

  Kumarajiva, 21, 56, 57, 66–70, 67, 240

  Kum River, 130

  Kumtura, 61, 77

  Kushan Empire, 18, 47–48, 52, 71, 202–3, 248n15

  Kyrgyzstan, 90, 113

  Lake Issyk-kul, 90, 113, 114

  land deeds, 45–47

  Lane, George Sherman, 72

  languages of the Silk Road. See specific languages

  Laozi, 182

  lapis lazuli, 194

  Late Khotanese, 210

  Later Qin dynasty, 68–69

  laws

  and archeology, 34, 143, 149

  and bankruptcy, 165

  and Buddhism, 47, 51, 61

  Islamic law, 136, 228–29, 232–33

  and land distribution, 92

  and moneylending, 151

  and raids, 49

  and silk as currency, 49

  and trade regulations, 165

  and travel restrictions, 17, 36

  See also contracts

  lay associations, 193

  leather documents, 132, 137

  leather products, 227

  Le Coq, Albert von, 12, 60, 61–62, 64–65, 110, 175

  legal documents, 45–47, 46, 228

  Liangzhou, 85, 144, 184

  Liangzhu, 19

  Liao dynasty, 228

  library cave. See Dunhuang

  Li Cheng, 143

  Li Guangli, 65

  Li Mi, 157

  Lingdi, Han-dynasty Emperor, 32

  Li Shaojin, 148–49

  Li Shengtian, 222

  Lishi Yanjiu, 176

  literature, 157–58

  livestock. See cattle; horses

  loan documents

  and diplomatic envoys, 192

  and Duldur Aqur documents, 81

  and Khotanese legal system, 215

  and monasteries, 194

  and moneylender Zuo’s tomb, 96

  and pawn tickets, 151

  and Sogdian merchants, 159

  and Tang law, 103, 111

  Lóczy, Lajos, 167–68

  long-distance trade, 13

  looting, 212

  Lotus Sutra, 56, 69

  Loulan

  abandonment of, 54–55

  and diplomatic envoys, 50

  and the Han dynasty, 34

  and Kharoshthi documents, 26, 237

  and Kroraina Kingdom, 27

  and migrant populations, 21, 236

  and the Shanshan Kingdom, 42–44

  and Stein’s explorations, 35

  and trade documents, 42–44

  wooden artifacts of, 36–38, 42–43, 45

  Lü Guang, 68

  Luo Feng, 97

  Luoyang, 17, 108, 117–19, 150, 157

  Macartney, George, 209, 212, 228

  The Mahabharata (Sanskrit epic), 52

  Mahayana Buddhism, 52, 66–68, 69

  Mahmud of Kashgar, 196, 227–28, 234

  mail service, 112, 116, 196–97, 239

  Maitreya Buddha, 61, 211

  Malzahn, Melanie, 73

  Manchus, 232–33

  mandalas, 186

  Manichaeism

  in art, 109, color plate 11A

  and Chang’an, 159

  and Dunhuang cave documents, 167, 181, 182–83, 241

  and immigrant populations, 4

  and Uighurs, 108–11, 109, 228

  Marinus, 7

  marriage contracts, 133–34

  Mashik, 93, 95

  Mauryan dynasty, 47

  mazar shrines, 234, color plate 16A

  Mazar Tagh, 216

  medicine, 153, 154

  Melikawat, 199, 207

  Meng Fanren, 176

  merchants

  and banditry, 193, 240

  Bento de Goes, 231–32

  caravans in the Zhou dynasty, 79

  in Caucasus region, 138

  in Chang’an markets, 148–49, 157–58

  and contract law, 103

  and Gansu Province, 85

  and Hedin’s travels, 11

  Iranian, 2, 3, 159

  and jataka tales, 64

  Jewish, 31–32, 217–18, 219, 231

  Kharoshthi sources on, 50

  and local trade, 237

  misconceptions about, 82, 111, 184

  and the Mongol Empire, 231

  and Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 18

  and precious stones, 194–95

  and Qing dynasty, 233

  regulation of, 37, 104, 237–38

  and sea travel, 160–65, 162–63

  and the silk trade, 49

  Sogdian traders, 43, 81, 104, 116, 119–20, 125, 136, 138, 157–59, 239

  and taxes, 99, 100–102, 102

  and Turfan, 96, 106

  and Zhang Qian’s travels, 14

  metalsmithing, 156

  metalwares, 194

  Methods & Aims in Archaeology (Stein), 176–77

  Middle Khotanese, 210

  Middle Persian, 71–72, 182, 210, 217

  migrant populations, 47–48, 200, 235, 239, 240. See also nomadic people; refugees

  military presence on the Silk Road

  economic impact of, 8–9, 107

  and the Han dynasty, 8, 14–15, 236

  and Kroraina Kingdom, 42

  and the Qing dynasty, 233

  and Tang-dynasty payments to soldiers, 184, 215, 237

  Minfeng, 33

  Ming dynasty, 111, 151

  Mintaka Pass, 32

  Minway, 118–19, 239

  Miran, 27, 53–54, color plate 5B

  missionaries, 66, 150, 183, 238, 240

  Mithra, 134

  Mohoyan Desert, 85

  Mongols, 110, 229, 231

  monotheism, 118

  Moshchevaia Balka, 137–38

  Mount Ling, 113

  Mount Mugh, 21, 129–39, 131

  Mount Wutai, 186, 187

  Muhammad, 129, 230

  multilingual texts, 214

  mummies. See human remains

  murals, 125, 126, 128, 129, 138–39

  Musakazim Mazar, color plate 16B

  Museum of Indian Art (Berlin), 110

  musk, 232

  Muslim conquests. See Islam

&n
bsp; mutual aid societies, 193

  Muzart River, 58, 60

  Nalanda, 240

  Nana (goddess), 124, 126

  Nanga Parbat, 27

  National Library of China, 213, 217–18

  naus structures, 123

  Neelis, Jason, 32

  negotiation for Dunhuang artifacts, 174–77

  nephrite, 207

  Nestorians, 110, 149

  New Persian, 217, 219

  Nisi Chilag, 218

  Niya

  abandonment of, 54

  and banditry, 240

  and Buddhism, 51–54, 53, 61, 172, 206, 225

  climate of, 38, 199 coins of, 48–49, 91

  and diplomatic envoys, 50, 94, 236

  and extent of Silk Road trade, 237

  and Gandhari-speaking residents, 32

  and Hedin’s explorations, 38, 43

  joint burials at, color plate 7

  and Kharoshthi script documents, 33, 35, 40, 42–44, 46, 46–47, 51, 202

  and Khotanese documents, 199

  languages of, 56–57

  and migrant populations, 21, 236–37, 239

  silk artifacts of, 40

  and Stein’s explorations, 25–30, 33–38, 37, 42–43, 167, 173–74, 207, 209

  stupas, 33–35, 52–54, 53, 205, color plate 6

  and travel passes, 36–37, 104

  wooden carvings of, 38

  and the Yuezhi, 71

  nomadic people, 65, 73, 90, 200–201, 203. See also migrant populations

  Norman Conquest, 210

  Northern Liang dynasty, 172

  Northern Qi dynasty, 143

  Northern Wei dynasty, 55, 141–43, 144

  Northern Zhou dynasty, 143, 144, 146–47

  Ol’denburg, S.F., 175

  Old Khotanese, 210

  Ordam Padishah Mazar, 234

  ossuaries, 98, 123, 123, 143, 239

  Ōtani Kozui, 12, 82

  Ot-tegin, 133

  padam face masks, 123, 128, 145, 147

  paintings

  An Jia’s tomb, 144, color plate 14

  Bezelik caves, color plate 9

  and Dandan Uiliq, 213

  and Dunhuang caves, 24, 167–69, 168, 172–79, 178, 181, 186, 188–90, 189, 223, 240

  and Kizil caves, 61–65, 62, 63

  and Manichaeism, 111

  and Sogdian culture, 116, 121, 124, 125–29, 126, 138–39, 154

  stupa at Niya, 53, 53–54

  Palembang, 164

  Pamir Knot, 10, 27

  Panchatantra (Indian tales), 125

  Panjikent excavations, 121–26, 124, 126, 134–39, 154

  paper

  early uses of, 16

  and funerary garments, 2

  and Khotanese envoys, 222

  in Kucha, 77

  and monastery schools, 179

  and Mount Mugh excavations, 132

  reuse of, 2, 3–4, 24, 83, 84, 94, 137, 151, 177

  in Samarkand, 137–38

  and Sogdian documents, 117–18

  spread of, 15, 137–39, 238

  and trade product, 5–6

  and Turfan, 83, 84, 92

  See also printing

  Parthia, 202

  Parthian language, 182

  pawn tickets, 140, 151

  Pax Mongolica, 229

  Pazyryk, 13–14

  pearls, 50, 151, 156, 159, 165, 194, 196, 240

  Pelliot, Paul

  and Duldur Aqur, 74–75, 79–80

  and Dunhuang cave, 175–77, 180, 183

  and Kucha, 65, 77

  and Xinjiang documents, 12

  Pem, 230

  Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 18–19

  Persian language, 137, 217–18. See also Middle Persian

  Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, 176–77

  petroleum, 75

  Petrovsky, Nikolai, 211

  Phema, 230

  photography, 176

  phrasebooks, 220–21, 240

  pilgrimages, 221, 234, color plate 16B

  Pinault, Georges-Jean, 74, 78

  pinyin, 70

  plaid textiles, 13

  Pliny the Elder, 19–20

  poetry, 77, 188

  Polo, Marco, 10, 229, 241–42

  “The Polyglot Library,” 181

  porcelain, 165

  posatha ceremonies, 51

  pothi, 180

  poverty, 118–19

  “Praise of the World of Light” (hymn scroll), 182

  precious stones, 194

  prefectures, 79, 91

  prenuptial agreements, 133–34

  printing, 138, 179, 236. See also paper

  Protectorate General of Anxi, 91

  Protvantak, 146

  Ptolemy, 7, 19

  Puloti, Abdulhamid, 129–30

  Punyavan, 73–74

  Qadir Khan, Yusuf, 227

  Qarlups, 137

  Qin dynasty, 19

  Qing dynasty, 9, 111, 169, 232–33

  Qinghai Mountains, 9

  Qu family, 90, 91

  Quianfodong caves at Dunhuang, 172

  Qutayba ibn Muslim, 129

  Qu Wentai, 89, 91

  raiding, 49–51, 185, 213. See also robbers and bandits

  railroad lines, 8, color plate 2–3

  Ramshotsa, 45–46

  Rapson, E. J., 43

  Rawak, 10, 199, 204, 205, 206

  Record of Travels to the West (Xuanzang), 115

  redistribution of land, 91–92

  refugees

  and cultural exchange, 4

  and dispersal of technologies, 239

  and Kroraina Kingdom, 26, 45

  Sasanian, 149

  Sogdian, 22–23

  Uighur, 190–91

  use of Silk Road routes, 238

  See also migrant populations

  religious tolerance, 146, 181–82, 241

  retail trade, 122

  Ricci, Matteo, 232

  Richthofen, Ferdinand von, 6–8, 235

  and “Silk Road” term, color plate 2–3

  river travel, 58–60, 141–43

 

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