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Serindia 341 - Stone image worshipped at Kirghiz shrine of Chal-koide, below Idak pass in Kara-teke range - part of the T'ien-shan - Stein noted frequently the local shrines where Mohammaden tribesmen worship at places which long existed prior to the Mohammaden invasion and conversion of the locals. They simply took over Buddhist or shamanist shrines without realizing it.

 

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