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AUREL STEIN
EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA
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Portrait of Sir Aurel Stein
KCIE
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This is our central listing, the
opening page, for the several sections into which we have divided the material
we have selected from reading Stein's books. There are links from the summaries
of each expedition to the longer reports. And we have links to summaries of two
biographies. The first and second expeditions were described by Aurel Stein in
a pair of works - a 'personal report' and an 'official report'. Naturally the
personal and official reports overlap, but the different content and style in
each make it very worthwhile to read both. For the third there is the official
report. And then Stein wrote a summary narrative in which he melded events from
the three expeditions.
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Chronological descriptions of Stein's locations and activities
during his three expeditions in Central Asia
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Brief note about Aurel Stein
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Jeannette Mirsky biography of Aurel Stein
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Annabel Walker biography of Aurel Stein
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Link to some web sites that describe locations today
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Contents and Outline of Ancient Khotan - the Official
Report of Archeological explorations in Chinese Turkestan 1900-1901 - the first
expedition
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Sand Buried Ruins of Khotan the personal memoir of the
first expedition
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Summary of Stein's first exploration in Central Asia
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Ruins of Desert Cathay - Personal report on 2nd
expedition in Central Asia
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Chapters of Ruins of Desert Cathay - More detailed
summary of chapter contents
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Serindia - Official report on 2nd expedition in Central
Asia
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Chapters of Serindia - More detailed summary of chapter
contents.
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Serindia - Volume II, Chapter XX - History and Records
of Tun Huang line in which Stein describes and analyzes the military aspects of
the material he has collected while on locations and his reading of ancient
Chinese annals.
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Innermostasia - Official report on 3rd expedition in Central
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On ancient Central-Asian Tracks a narrative of
containing selected events from all three expeditions.-
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Memoir on Maps of Chinese Turkistan and Kansu -
Description of the surveying methods and subsequent map creation plus content
of the map sheets.
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Table listing photographs made from illustrations in Stein's
books.
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Table listing Stein's photographs of individuals and groups who
assisted or were encountered during the three expeditions.
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List of 94 maps contained in volume V of Serindia with
descriptions
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Listing of the 94 maps in different format showing links to
photos
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List of other maps included in Stein's books.
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Description of Tun huang and some illustrations of the contents
of some of the Thousand caves and some of the artifacts he brought
back.
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Table listing towers and locations along the Han Wall
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Description and illustrations of the ruins at
Dandan-uiliq
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Description and illustrations of the ruins of Lou lan
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Description and illustrations of the ruined fortress town at
Khara khoto
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Description and illustrations of the Tibetan fort at Mazar
tagh
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Description and illustrations of the ruin north of
Niya.
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Description and illustrations of the ruined Tibetan fort and
Buddhist temple at Miran
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Descripton and illustrations of work at Endere
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Description and illustrations of work at Tarim basin
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Description and illustrations of explorations on south side of
Takla Makan to Kan-chou
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Jiayuquan- Chi-yu-kuan - When Stein saw this fortress is
recognized it was not a part of the Han Dynasty wall he had been tracking but
part of the Ming Dynasty 'Great Wall"
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Description and illustrations of work at Charchan
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Description and illustrations of work at Kara dong
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Description and illustrations of work at Ming-oi
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Description and illustrations of work at Domoko
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Description and illustrations of work at
Kashgar
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Description and illustrations of work at Keriya
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Description and illustrations of work at Khadalik
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Description and illustrations of work at Kelpin
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Description and illustrations of work at Khotan
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Description and illustrations of work at Rawak
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