Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . I ?J. »-Sf XXII INSCRIPTIONS 215 Since its discovery the natives had made thisinto a Ziarat or shrine, and on its w^estern side(towards Mecca) had adorned it v^ith a bundleof sticks, horns, and a number of rags, or piecesof ribbon, white, red or blue. Every Mus-sulman visiting it leaves an offering of a piece ofcloth generally from his coat or turban, if a man,or from the chudder or other feminine wearingapparel if a woman. The Katkhuda told us that a great many thingshad been found in digging near here, but t
Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . I ?J. »-Sf XXII INSCRIPTIONS 215 Since its discovery the natives had made thisinto a Ziarat or shrine, and on its w^estern side(towards Mecca) had adorned it v^ith a bundleof sticks, horns, and a number of rags, or piecesof ribbon, white, red or blue. Every Mus-sulman visiting it leaves an offering of a piece ofcloth generally from his coat or turban, if a man,or from the chudder or other feminine wearingapparel if a woman. The Katkhuda told us that a great many thingshad been found in digging near here, but themore valuable ones had disappeared, sold to offi-cials or rich people of Sistan. A great manyseals, coins, stone weapons, lamps and potteryhad been found, the latter often glazed. In-numerable fragments of earthenware were strewneverywhere round about these ruins, some withinteresting ornamentations, generally blue onwhite ground. The parallel lines and heartpattern were common, while on some frag-ments of tiles could be seen quotations from theKoran in ancient Arabic. Some
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