Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . tely to theright ? Beyond it my eyes rested on a male bust which thefirst glance showed to be intended for a young Indianprince (Fig. 147). It was a youth clean shaven, except fora curling moustache, and exactly conforming in type anddress to the figures which in the fragments of the friezefrom the first temple had appeared in the attitude ofworshipping Buddha. An unmistakably Indian expressionof softness was conveyed by the features and the dreamy-looking eyes. The characteristic head-dress con
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . tely to theright ? Beyond it my eyes rested on a male bust which thefirst glance showed to be intended for a young Indianprince (Fig. 147). It was a youth clean shaven, except fora curling moustache, and exactly conforming in type anddress to the figures which in the fragments of the friezefrom the first temple had appeared in the attitude ofworshipping Buddha. An unmistakably Indian expressionof softness was conveyed by the features and the dreamy-looking eyes. The characteristic head-dress consisted ofa conical cap, like the peaked * Kulla still worn on theNorth-West Frontier of India, with two red-lined flapsturned upwards over the forehead, and a white Puggreewound round it. The end of the Puggree was gatheredbehind into a sort of hood, exactly as seen in manyGandhara sculptures representing Prince Siddhartha andother royal figures. A large ornament in the ear, a broadjewelled band round the neck, and two heavy armlets overthe right wrist, seemed to symbolize that naive delight in.
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