Index of Places
Afghanistan
14, 17, 28, 54, 79, 390
Ak Beshim
39
Almaliq
40–41, 49, 51, 55–56
Altai
36, 49, 63, 96
Amdo (Tib. mDo smad)
241, 245, 251
Bactria
79, 124
Baghdad
14, 25, 40, 59
Balāsāghūn
14, 36, 38–39, 49
Balkh oasis
17, 19, 24–25, 29, 49, 124
Bāmiyān
14
Bao’en Temple (Chin. Bao’en si 報恩寺 )
375
Baojue Monastery (Chin. Baojue si 宝觉寺 )
270
Bārchkand
51
Bayen (Tib. Ba yan)
281
Baykand
19
Beijing (北京 )
38, 399
Dadu
Bengal
40, 207
Beš Balık (Chin. Beiting 北庭 )
43, 368
Bezeklik
91
Bezeklik Cave 20
284, 288
Bingling Temple (Chin. Bingling si 炳靈寺 )
270
Jampa bumling Cave
Blue Lake (Tib. mTsho sngon po, Mong. Köke naɣur, Chin. Qinghai hu 青海湖 )
xxii, 8, 38, 258, 263, 267–269, 271–272, 276, 278, 280, 288, 290, 292, 294–295, 306, 347
Brahmaputra River (Tib. rTsang chu)
40, 196
Bugut
95, 114–115, 121
Bukhara
17, 19, 20–21, 28, 36, 47, 49, 51–53, 56, 60
Chang’an (長安 , modern Xi’an 西安 )
xxiv, 7, 23, 123, 125, 129, 137, 150, 171
Chu Valley
39
Dadu (大都 , modern Beijing 北京 )
40, 46, 50
Dangpö zima Monastery (Tib. Dang po’i gzi ma dgon, Chin. Dangge yima si 当格 乙麻寺 )
270
Dantig
265–266, 271, 278, 280–281, 283, 285–286, 289–290, 294
Dantig Temple (Tib. Dan tig shan or lDan tig shel gyi dgon/lha khang, Chin. Dandou si 丹斗寺 )
266, 271, 284–286, 288–290
Dazu (大足 )
154
Dégam (Tib. bDe gams/khams)
245, 259, 270–271, 274–276
Dégayutsel (Tib. De ga g.yu ’tsal) Monastery
266, 271
Dokham (Tib. mDo khams)
245, 270–271
Dratsang Monastery (Tib. Grwa tshang dgon, Chin. Zhazang si 扎藏寺 )
270
Dulan (Chin. Dulan 都蘭 , Tib. Tu’u lan)
270
Dunhuang (敦煌 )
xiii, xxi, 2, 6–9, 15, 29, 31, 34–35, 81, 90, 96, 98, 101, 111, 114, 116–118, 123, 145–148, 151–181, 188, 190, 192, 196–197, 201, 204–205, 207, 210, 214–218, 222, 226, 228, 230, 234, 239–241, 250, 252, 258–259, 262–263, 265–269, 271, 274–280, 284, 287, 292–293, 296, 299–321, 329, 333, 337, 345–351, 356–357, 368–384, 388, 390–399
Shazhou
Eastern Central Asia
xiii, xiv, 1, 3–5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 60–62, 64, 114, 170, 196, 257–258, 260, 269, 279, 346, 373, 382
Famen Temple (Chin. Famen si 法門寺 )
150–151
Farghāna
19, 23, 28, 41, 49, 51
Fengdu (丰都 )
154
Gachu (Tib. (’)Ga cu) / Hezhou (河州 )
266, 271, 292
Gandhāra
68, 78–80, 82–83, 85–87
Ganglong Caves (Chin. Ganglong shiku 崗龍石窟 )
270
Gansu (甘肃 )
13–14, 27, 46, 50, 62, 377
Ganzhou (甘州 )/Kamchu (Tib. Kam bcu)
xiii, 265, 278, 306
Gatang (Tib. dGa’ thang) stūpa
190–191, 210, 215, 221, 233, 235, 240–241, 251–252
Ghazna
54
Gilgit region
297
Guochu (Tib. Guo cu’)/Kuozhou (廓州 )
265, 268, 271, 278–279, 294
Haizang Monastery (Chin. Haizang si 海藏寺 )
270
Hami
58–59
Hangzhou (杭州 )
40, 50
Heaven of Great Purity (Chin. Taiqing tian 太清天 )
165
Hexi (河西 )
169, 265, 304, 306, 319, 333, 346, 348, 380–381, 383
Hexi Corridor (Chin. Hexi zoulang 河西 走廊 )
8, 32, 88, 106, 155, 257–258, 292
Hongfo stūpa (Chin. Hongfo ta 宏佛塔 )
385
Hongzang Monastery (Chin. Hongzang si 弘 /宏藏寺 )
270
Imīl
51
India
6, 14, 23–26, 29–31, 33–35, 42–45, 52–53, 58, 63, 67, 70, 75, 78, 81, 98, 118, 125, 141, 146–148, 151, 156, 158, 163, 168, 170–171, 174–179, 202, 207, 213, 218, 223, 245, 263, 266, 268, 325, 352, 381, 388, 396–397
Inhul river
69
Jampa bumling Cave (Tib. Byams pa ’bum gling, Chin. Longxingsi 龍興寺 )
270
Bingling Temple
Jaxartes river
16, 19, 29, 49, 51–52
Jetavana Monastery
370
Jiannan Circuit (劍南道 )
265
Jilik (Tib. ’Byi lig) Monastery
278–279
Mile Monastery
Jima Gol or Dafei River (Chin. Dafei chuan 大非川 )
264
Jingtu Temple (Chin. Jingtu si 淨土寺 , Tib. Je tu zi)
378
Kaifeng
40
Karakhoto (Chin. Heishuicheng 黑水城 )
96, 269, 315, 385, 387
Karakorum
44
Karluk
41
Kašgar
xx, 19, 30–31, 33, 38, 50, 58
Kashmir
41, 45, 52–53, 207
Kham (Tib. Khams, alt. mDo stod)
241, 245, 259
Khotan
xiii, 2, 6, 30–32, 35–36, 38, 49–50, 59, 63–89, 199, 258–259, 375
Khurāsān
18–21, 24–26, 28, 30, 34, 49, 56
Khwārazm
19, 28, 49, 55, 60–62
Kızıl
98, 377
Kočo (Chin. Gaochang 高昌 )
36, 38, 111, 353
Kopal
41
Krasnaya Rechka
39
Kuča
xiii, 33, 278
Kumtura
113
Kündé Ling (Tib. Kun bde gling) Monastery
297
Lhasa
201, 231, 297
Lhasénang (Tib. Lha sa’I nang)
288, 290–291
Longmen
377
Longmen Caves (Chin. Longmen ku 龍門窟 )
170
Longquan Monastery (Chin. Longquan si 龍泉寺 )
270
Luoyang (洛陽 )
67, 124
Marw (Merv)
18, 24
Mathurā
78
Mayül Takgyé (Tib. sMra yul thag brgyad)
240–241
Mazār Tāgh
116, 118
Mile (Chin. Mi le 彌勒 , Skt. Maitreya) Monastery
278
Jilik
Minyak (Tib. Mi nyag)
240, 242, 249, 252–253
Miran
117, 197
Mogao Caves (Chin. Mogao ku 莫高窟 )
117, 154, 169
Mogao Cave 16
xxii, 376, 380, 383–384, 395
Mogao Cave 17, a.k.a. the Library Cave or ‘scripture repository cave’ (Chin. Cangjing dong 藏經洞 )
xxii, 9–10, 196, 263, 292, 306, 350, 357, 373–400, 395
Mogao Cave 98
xxi, 86–87
Mogao Cave 137
381
Mogao Cave 139
381
Mogao Cave 156
384
Mogao Cave 158
258, 262
Mogao Cave 159
284, 287
Mogao Cave 161
384
Mogao Cave 174
381
Mogao Cave 234
384
Mogao Cave 237
384
Mogao Cave 357
381
Mogao Cave 364
381
Mogao Cave 365
xxii, 383–384, 395
Mogao Cave 366
xxii, 382–383, 395
Mogao Cave 443
381
Mogao Cave 476
381
Mt. Govardhana
xxi, 80–81
Mt. Haixin (Tib. mTsho snying mahādeva, Chin. Haixin shan 海心山 )
270
Mt. Kailash
243, 245, 249
Mt. Meru
245
Mt. Nan (Chin. Nan shan 南山 )
171
Mt. Noyon Uul
73–74
Mt. Sumeru
103
Mt. Wutai (Chin. Wutai shan 五臺山 , Five-Peak-Mountain)
268
Mt. Yarlha Shampo
249
Nālandā
268
Namdong (Tib. Nam ldong)
250
Nawbahār Monastery
25, 29
Nepal
186, 188, 207, 248
Ngari (Tib. Zhang zhung)
241
Northern Plains (Tib. Byang thang)
241
Oḍḍiyāna
65
Orkhon river
114
Ötükän
94
Oxus river
16, 18, 36, 42, 49
Pagoda of the Immaculate Dharma Flower (Chin. Fahua wugou zhi ta 法華無垢 之塔 )
383
Pamir Plateau
70, 78, 80
Qatwān
36
Qayaliq
41, 49–51
Qilian Mountain Range (Chin. Qilian shan 祁連山 )
258, 265
Samarqand
17, 19, 24, 33, 36, 49, 51, 57, 60–61
Sāñcī
397
Sanjie Temple (Chin. Sanjie si 三界寺 , Tib. Pam kye zi)
375, 393–394
Semirechye
39, 49, 51
Seven Buddhas Cave (Chin. Qifo ku 七佛窟 )
384
Shāsh (Tashkent)
19, 23, 49
Shazhou (沙洲 )/Shachu (Tib. Sha chu)
278, 304, 306, 265
Dunhuang
Shende Temple stūpa (Chin. Shende si ta 神得寺塔 )
385
Shengguang (勝光 )
368
Shengguang Temple (Chin. Shengguang si 聖光寺 )
280
Shengrong Monastery (Chin. Shengrong si 圣容寺 )
270
Sichuan (四川 )
154, 186, 250
Sichuan Basin
258, 290
Sighnāq
51
Sind (modern Pakistan)
19
Sumpa
241–242
Surkh Kotal
79
Tabriz
14, 40
Tajé Monastery (Tib. rTa rjes dgon, Chin. Mati si 馬蹄寺 )
270
Tajikistan
17, 79
Taklamakan Desert
xiii
Tarim Basin
8, 15, 23, 26, 30, 49, 57–58, 62, 66–70, 73, 78, 80, 83, 85, 87–89, 91, 106, 113–114, 121, 257–259, 264–265, 284, 292
Temple of a Hundred Nāgas (Tib. kLu brgya)
xxi, 284–285, 289
Thangkar (Tib. Thang kar)
292
Tianshan (天山 )
91, 94, 106
Tiantishan Cave (Chin. Tiantishan shiku 天梯山石窟 )
270
Tibet
Eastern/North-eastern Tibet
197, 205, 212, 241, 242, 245, 248, 253, 275
Southern Tibet
215, 233, 237–238, 240, 242, 251
Tibetan Plateau
8, 184–186, 190, 195, 197, 211–213, 221, 232–233, 240–242, 251, 254
Western Tibet
230, 243, 245, 248
Tirmidh
49, 51
Toyok
59
Transoxania
5, 16–19, 21, 23, 26, 28–30, 35, 41, 51–52, 54–57, 63
Trikha (Tib. Khri kha, Chin. Guide 貴德 )
271, 278, 293–294
Tsaidam Basin
258, 265
Tsawa(rong) Tsashö (Tib. Tsha ba [rong] tsha shod)
206
Tsongkha (Tib. Tsong kha)
32, 38, 268, 278
Tukharistan
17, 19, 25, 79, 85
Tuloushan Caves (Chin. Tuloushan shiku 土楼山石窟 )
270
Turfan
xiii, 2, 6, 9, 15, 31, 50–51, 56, 58–59, 63, 88, 98, 114, 116, 117, 119, 120, 122, 166, 278, 284, 288, 350–354, 358, 368, 372
Tuul river
114
Uzbekistan
17, 79
Wanshou Monastery (Chin. Wanshou si 万寿寺 )
270
Wu Heshang Cave (Chin. Wu heshang ku 吳和尚窟 )
384
Xifengwo Monastery (Chin. Xifengwo si 西蜂窝寺 )
270
Xinjiang (新疆 )
14, 16, 19, 27, 32, 41, 51, 62, 73, 81, 89, 91, 377
Yarmothang
241
Yining (伊宁 )
xxi, 41, 55
Yizhou (益州 )
265, 269
Yōtkan
xxi, 82–85
Yulin Caves
Yulin Cave 25
266
Yungang (雲崗 )
377
Yunju Temple (Chin. Yunju si 雲居寺 )
399
Yunnan (雲南 )
188
Zhangzhung
240, 242, 247
See also under Index of Technical Terms
Zhongdu (中都 , a.k.a. Yanjing 燕京 )
38
Zhongxing (中興 )
385