gold under coins entry
Gongyuecheng, 103
Govind Kaul, 12
graffiti, 30–32, 31 , 76
grain, 132, 184, 194
graves, 201–2. See also Astana graveyard; burial practices; human remains
Greater Yuezhi, 32
Great Leap Forward, 93
Greek culture, 18–19, 46, 48, color plate 13
Grenet, Frantz, 138–39
Grünwedel, Albert, 65, 175
Guangzhou (Canton), 150, 161, 164, 165–66
Guanyin, 88, 161, 193
Guanyin Monastery, 151–52
guosuo. See travel passes
Guo Xin, 80
hajj pilgrimage, 232, 234, 241
Hami, 85, 88–89, 104, 107, 232
Han dynasty
and Chang’an, 17, 34, 65, 141, 143, 147
and coins, 156
and diplomatic envoys, 236
and documents on the Silk Road, 14–18
and Dunhuang cave
documents, 14, 168–69
and foreign influence in art, 20–21
and Khotan, 202
and Kroraina Kingdom, 26, 32, 34–37, 42, 55
and Kucha, 65–66
and military presence on the Silk Road, 8, 14–15, 236
and trade with Rome, 20–21
and Turfan, 83, 90
hang (“row”), 148
Hangzhou Silk Museum, 19
Han Wudi, 65
Hebei Province, 157
Hebrew, 31–32, 181, 217, 218–19, 219 , 241, color plate 12
Hedin, Sven
and itinerant traders, 11, 237–38
and Khotan, 12, 13, 212
and Kroraina Kingdom, 27
and Kucha, 58–60
Niya and Loulan excavations, 38, 43
and “Silk Road” term, 8
and Taklamakan Desert, 11–12, 242, color plate 10
Hejiacun Village Hoard, 152–57, 153–54, 155 , 239
Henan Province, 235–36
Henning, W. B., 71
Hephthalites, 75, 120–21
Heraclius, 156
herding, 132. See also cattle
Hermitage Museum, 122
Hinayana Buddhism, 68, 69
Hinaza Deva Vijitasimha, 209
The History of the Han Dynasty. 34, 35
The History of the Later Han , 34, 40
Hoernle, Frederick Rudolf, 209–10
Hongbian, 177, 178
horses, 16, 78 , 80–82, 222–24
house excavations, 37 , 38
Huang Chao, 165–66
Huili, 85, 87, 88–89, 113, 114
Hulu River, 85, 86
human remains, 38–42, 41 , 92–93, 201–2. See also burial practices
Huns, 117, 120–21
Huntington, Ellsworth, 212
Hunza River, 32
Husejnov, D., 130
Huvishka, 52
Ibn Hawkal, 122
Ibrahim (guide), 33–34
imperialism, 175
imported goods, 194, 233
incenses, 194
India
and An Jia, 143
Buddhist missionaries, 66
and de Goes’ travels, 231
and Dunhuang cave documents, 186–87
funding for expeditions, 212
gemstones of, 156
influence in Kroraina Kingdom, 25–26, 45
and migrant populations, 200, 236, 239
and pilgrimage routes, 162–63
and religious art, 122, 125–27, 126
and Roman coins, 20
and sea travel, 160–65, 162–63
and silk production, 19
and Stein’s expeditions, 174
and Turfan, 94
Indus River, 32
International Dunhuang Project, 176
inventory documents, 194
Iran
and Chang’an, 150
and Hejiacun Village Hoard, 154, 155
and imported goods, 194
languages of, 210
and Manichaeism, color plate 11A
and Sasanian refugees, 149
and the Sogdians, 113
trade with Tang dynasty, 97
and Zoroastrianism, 118, 181
Iraq, 165
Isai, Abdullah (Bento de Goes), 231–32
Islam
and coin designs, 97
and Dunhuang caves, 175
and the Huang Chao rebellion, 165
Islamic law, 228, 232
and Khotan, 24, 199, 201, 218, 226–34, 241–42
and mazar shrines, 234, color plate 16A
and Sasanian refugees, 149
and Sogdiana, 116, 129, 131 , 136–37
spread with migrant populations, 139
and Turfan, 95, 98, 111
and use of paper, 138
Ito Toshio, 43
jade
and de Goes, 231–32
and diplomatic envoys, 222–27, 241
and earliest Silk Road trade, 235–36
and Xuanzang’s travels, 207
Jade Gate, 85, 86
Jafar Sadik, Imam, 33
Japan, 167
jataka stories, 62–63, 63 , 73–74
Jesuit missionaries, 150 , 231–32
Jewish merchants, 31–32, 217–18, 219 , 231
Jiangsu, 164
Jiang Xiaowan, 169, 173–76, 180
Jiaohe, 91
Jiayuguan, 232
Jingjing, 183
Jingjue Kingdom, 35, 36, 40–41
jitumgha , 44
Jiumoluoshi, 70. See also Kumarajiva
Jiuquan, 119
Judaism, 165, 167, 241
Judeo-Persian language, 219
judicial assemblies, 215
Jushi people, 90
Kabul, 231
Kageyama Etsuko, 98
Kaiyuan reign period, 156
Karakash River, 207
Karakhanids, 226–28, 241, color plate 16A
Karakhoja, 93
Karakorum Highway, 30, 31 , 31–32, 53,