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it may be asserted that the Thine of the Periplus had nothing to do with that region. Silk was brought thence overland ‘‘through Bactria to Barygaza,’’ that is, by the Turkestan route. Why ignore the ancient center of the silk industry, Singanfu, to find a fancied similarity of name in a locality never important in silk production, separated

Early Chinese Buddhist 9-storied pagoda: compare illustrations of Hindu and Abyssinian types, on pp. 64-5. From a model exhibited in the Commercial Museum, Philadelphia.

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