Aurel Stein book - The Ruins of Desert Cathay

	THE RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY
	Sir Aurel Stein KCIE Macmillan and Co St. Martin's Street, London, 1912
	This is the Personal narrative of Stein's second exploration in Chinese Turkestan - 1906-1908 and describes the same expedition as he does in the official report, Serindia. Thus, while the events are the same the writing style is more popular and Stein dispenses with the elaborate detailed descriptions of each and every artifact he found. But he does include much more description of events and personalities and his comments about the expedition. It does not have the 94 excellent maps, but several others. The printing reproduction resulted in many of the photographs being of much higher quality. I recommend reading both accounts. This is the table of contents for the readers' convenience. To read summaries of the individual chapters please go to cathaychapters.
	Volume I
	Chapter I - between Hydaspes and Indus
	Chapter II - Through Swat and Dir
	Chapter III - Across the Lowarai
	Chaper IV - In Chitral
	Chapter V - Through Mastuj
	Chaper VI - On the Darkot Pass
	Chapter VII - In Afghan Wakhan
	Chapter VIII - The Source of the Oxus
	Chapter IX - From Sarikol to Kashgar
	Chapter X - At Chini-bagh, Kashgar
	Chapter XI - To Yarkand and Karghalik
	Chapter XII - Stay at Kok-yar
	Chapter XIII - Along the Foot of the Kun-lun
	Chaper XIV - My return to Kotan
	Chapter XV - To the Nissa Glaciers
	Chapter XVI - On the Otrughul Glacier
	Chapter XVII - In the Karanghu-tagh Mounains
	Chaper XVIII - A Feast at Khotan
	Chapter XIX - By the Desert Edge of Khotan
	Chapter XX - The Shrines of Khadalik
	Chapter XXI - Sites Around Domoko
	Chapter XXII - To Keriya and the Niya River
	Chapter XXIII - At the Niya Site Ruins
	Chapter XXIV - Records From a Hidden Archive
	Chaper XXV - Last Days at a Dead oasis
	Chapter XXVI - To the Endere River
	Chapter XXVII - From the Endere Ruins to Charchan
	Chapter XXVIII - Along the Charchan River
	Chapter XXIX - To Vash-shahri and Charklik
	Chapter XXX - Start for the Lop Desert
	Chapter XXXI - Across an Eroded Dry Delta
	Chapter XXXII - First Excavations at the Lop-nor Site
	Chapter XXXIII - Survey of the Ancient Station
	Chapter XXXIV - Records cfrom an Ancient Rubbish Heap
	Chapter XXXV - Discovery of Art Remains
	Chapter XXXVI - Across the Desert to the Tarim
	Chapter XXXVII - By the Tarim and Charchan Darya
	Chapter XXXVIII - The Ruined Fort of Miran
	Chapter XXXIX - Finds of Tibetan Records
	Chapter XL - Ancient Temples of Miran
	Chapter XLI - A Dado of Angles
	Chapter XLII - The Frescoes of Miran
	Chapter XLIII - A cycle of Festive Figures
	Chapter XLIV - Mural Paintings of Buddhist Legends
	Chapter XLV - The Start to Tun-huang
	Chapter XLVI - On Old Traveler's Tracks
	Chapter XLVII - The Last of the Dry Lop-Nor
	Chapter XLVIII - A Strange Old Lake Bed
	Chapter XLIX - First Glimpse of an Ancient Frontier
	Volume II
	Chapter L - Ruins in Route to Tun-huang
	Chapter LI - First Halt at Tun-huang
	Chapter LII - To the "Caves of the Thousand Buddhas"
	Chapter LIII - A Difficult Start from Tun-huang
	Chapter LIV - By the Ancient Wall North of Tun-huang
	Chapter LV - Discovery of Han Records
	Chapter LVI - To the Nan-hu Oasis
	Chapter LVII - Ancient Remains for the Future
	Chapter LVIII - First Excavations Along the Western Limes
	Chapter LIX - Reconnaissances Along the Ancient Wall
	Chapter LX - Discoveries by the 'Jade Gate'
	Chapter LXI - The Great Magazine of the Limes
	Chapter LXII - On the Western Flank of the Limes
	Chapter LXIII - Records from an Ancient Watch Tower
	Chapter LXIV - Return to the 'Thousand Buddhas'
	Chapter LXV - First Operning of the Hidden Chapel
	Chapter LXVI - A Walled-up Library and its Treasures
	Chapter LXVII - Buddhist Pictures From the Hidden Chapel
	Chapter LXVIII - Large Paintings and Other Art Relics
	Chapter LXIX - A Polyglot Temple Library
	Chapter LXX - Decorative Art at the 'Thousand Buddhas'
	Chapter LXXI - At An-hsi, the 'West-Protecting'
	Chapter LXXII - The Ruins of Ch'iao-tzu
	Chapter LXXIII - The 'Valley of the Myriad Buddhas'
	Chapter LXXIV - In the Mountains of the Westernmost Nan-shan
	Chapter LXXV - By the Gate of the 'Great Wall'
	Chapter LXXVI - At Su-chou and the 'Spring of Wine'
	Chapter LXXVII - Through the Richthofen Range of the Nan-shan
	Chapter LXXVIII - Across the To-lai-shan Range
	Chapter LXXIX - From the Su-lo Ho Sources to Kan-chou
	Chapter LXXX - FRom Kan-chou to the T'ine-shan
	Chapter LXXXI - At the Hami Oasis
	Chapter LXXXII - Glimpses of Turfan Ruins
	Chapter LXXXIII - Kara-shahr and its Old Sites
	Chapter LXXXIV - From Khora to Kuchar
	Chapter LXXXV - In the 'Sea of Sand'
	Chapter LXXXVI - In an Dead Delta
	Chapter LXXXVII - Salt Marsh or Ice?
	Chapter LXXXVIII - By the New Keriya River-bed
	Chapter LXXXIX - MoreTaklamakan Ruins
	Chapter XC - From Ak-su to Yarkand
	Chapter XCI - Preparations at Khotan
	Chapter XCII - In the Gorges of Polur and Zailik
	Chapter XCIII - To the Yurung-kash Glacier Sources
	Chapter XCIV - Across the Tibetan Plaeaus
	Chapter XCV - On an Old Mountain Track
	Chapter XCVI - The Search for the Yangi Dawan
	Chapter XCVII - From the Kun-lun to London
	Index

THE RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY

Sir Aurel Stein KCIE Macmillan and Co St. Martin's Street, London, 1912

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Sir Aurel Stein KCIE
Macmillan and Co
St. Martin's Street, London, 1912