Monthly Archives: July 2007

and Kingdoms and Provinces, to ascertain from his officers if the people are afflicted by any dearth through unfavourable seasons, or storms or locusts, or other like calamity; and from those who have suffered in this way no taxes are … Continue reading →

do so on any account, holding that to be an evil and abominable thing They are very careful not to meddle with each other”s wives, and will not do so on any account, holding that to be an evil and … Continue reading →

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inside the Park there are fountains and rivers and brooks, and beautiful meadows, with all kinds of wild animals (excluding such as are of ferocious nature), which the Emperor has procured and placed there to supply food for his gerfalcons … Continue reading →

King Haython (Brosset”s ed. p. 181) mentions the statue in clay, of an extraordinary height, of a God (Buddha) aged 3040 years, who is to live 370,000 years more, when he will be superseded by another god called _Madri_ (Maitreya).–H. … Continue reading →

NOTE 1.–[The Natives of this country were called by the Chinese _T”ang-hiang_, and by the Mongols _T”angu_ or _T”ang-wu_, and with the plural suffix _Tangut_. The kingdom of Tangut, or in Chinese, _Si Hia_ (Western Hia), or _Ho si_ (West … Continue reading →

NOTE 4.–[‘The accounts given by Marco Polo regarding the feasts of the Khan and the festival dresses at his Court, agree perfectly with the statements on the same subject of contemporary Chinese writers. Banquets were called in the common Mongol … Continue reading →

NOTE 1.–Kermn is mentioned by Ptolemy, and also by Ammianus amongst the cities of the country so called (_Carmania_): ‘_inter quas nitet_ Carmana _omnium mater_.’ (XXIII. 6.) custom parts for 67 chevy truck customize college football jerseys david weekly homes … Continue reading →

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BARSKUL, ‘Leopard-Lake,’ is named in Sanang Setsen (p. 217), but seems there to indicate some place in the west of Mongolia, perhaps the _Barkul_ of our maps. This Barskul must have been on the Manchu frontier. [There are in the … Continue reading →