Detail of the map index for Innermostasia - map sheets 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19 - this shows Stein's routes in the Kun-lun mountains south of Khotan and Keriya. He was blocked by glaciers when moving directly south from Khotan (west of Mur-thagh so later he traveled east to south of Keriya and then south to skirt the highest ranges then south to Lake Lighen and then west through the high plateau - The ruins in the desert at Mazar-tagh, Kara-dong, Rawak, Niya are marked.