AUREL STEIN - OTHER FORTIFICATIONS

In addition to his detailed descriptions of the sections and towers along the Han Dynasty that he found, Stein made plans and photographs of many other fortifications he found, for ruins of walled cities, still occuplied towns and villages, hill fortresses, watch towers and the like. The major ruins - Khara-khoto, Endere, Miran, Lou-lan, are listed individually. Here are a few other locations that Stein found worth of mention.

Stein was interested in locating all the ancient fortificated sites he could conveniently visit while passing rapidly through north west India on his way to China.

Tash-kurghan, the capital of Sarikol in the Chinese part of the Pamirs was the first large fortified town he reached.