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Detail of map 32 in Innermostasia - this shows the entire map sheet with the area close to Lou lan on the west edge - the routes across the Lop sea across the map to the caravan route from Abdal toward Tun-huang in the southeast corner. The crossing of the Lop sea was a dangerous undertaking in mid-winter, but Stein was successful in finding the ancient Chinese caravan route. While Stein went across the northeast corner of the Lop Nor salt bed, Lal Singh went further north and east around the boundary of the salt flat. .

 

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