Sand Buried Ruin of Khotan Vol II - VIa - Room Ni, first find-place of inscribed tablets, Niya site, seen from north after excavation - Stein was astounded and excited when a local herder showed him tablets found at a distance ruin in the desert. Stein was anxious to reach the place before either erosion or some one else would destroy or take the large number of remaining tablets indicated by the local man. Stein personally supervised the effort, many tablets were laying on the sand, but the large cache was found hidden in this building.