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AUREL STEIN
EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA

 
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Portrait of Sir Aurel Stein KCIE

 

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.

 
{short description of image} Innermostasia - Official report on 3rd expedition in Central Asia  
 
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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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