Detail of the map index for Innermostasia showing the region from the Lop desert eastward to Su-chou. map sheets 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 - Abdal is at the lower left - then the two routes east, one in the desert and the other in the foothills of the Nan-shan are shown. Stein's two routes north east - one from An-hsi and one from Mao-mei are shown. The routes Stein and Lal Singh took across the Lop sea from Lou lan to the caravan route between Miran and Tun-huang are shown. During the second expedition he stayed south of the eastern end of the Tien shan while on the third expedition he went north of the range to Barkul and Guchen. |