Innermostasia 175 - Salt-encrusted hillocks beyond the find-place of Han coins, etc., between camps Ci and Cii - Stein continues the trek - one of the most amazing events was the discovery of a large group of Chinese Han coins stretched out in a line parallel to his route of march and clearly dropped by some caravan almost 2000 years ago. The find confirmed Stein in his belief of the logic of his exploration. |