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From the Blog odysseuslahoriTo the sand buried ruins of Dandan Uliq and Niya A hundred and seventeen years ago, Aurel Stein, the Hungarian-British archaeologist then working in India, led an expedition to the Takla Makan Desert of Xinjiang in China. He sought to unravel the mystery of the 'Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan', as his book is titled. This is the much-abridged non-technical version for general public. For the specialist, he wrote a huge, three-volume set complete with a large number of black and white images. This technical version is titled Ser India (or Upper India). I first became acquainted with this treasure house of history in 1991 while researching at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Among others, two of the 'sand-buried' ruins are the ancient cities of Dandan Uliq and Niya, in thpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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