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[MMA, Roger's Fund, 1924, 24.102.3 - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/61170]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/kizil.webp</image:loc><image:title>Kizil</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/indusvalleymhd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IndusvalleyMHD</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/monkeysealgarnetbmmas215-2.png</image:loc><image:title>monkeysealgarnetbmmas215-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mahakapi_jataka_sanchi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mahakapi_Jataka_Sanchi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nmi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NMI</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ashmonkey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Embracing monkeys, Asmolean Museum, EAX.12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/camelmonkeyxuan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Laden camel with monkey</image:title><image:caption>Laden camel with monkey. 7th c.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/gros-plan-singe-macaque-rhesus-manger_181624-36519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gros-plan-singe-macaque-rhesus-manger_181624-36519</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-09T15:22:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2021/08/08/countless-moments-of-mourning-a-personal-statement/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/18-nov-mazar-d_0224-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>18 Nov Mazar D_0224 copy</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-02T11:24:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2023/03/02/the-painting-left-behind/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ch_0040-811958849-e1677586332946.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ch_0040</image:title><image:caption>Painting from Dunhuang, Ch.0040.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-02T09:38:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2022/12/10/central-asian-collections-in-munich/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screenshot-2022-12-05-at-13.20.03.png</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-12-05-at-13.20.03</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/dscf3053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscf3053</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fk_box33_feet_fingers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fk_box33_feet_fingers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.59.13.png</image:loc><image:title>screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.59.13</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/800px-a_h_francke_portrait.jpg</image:loc><image:title>800px-a_h_francke_portrait</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/museum-fuenf-kontinente_fassade-benutzerdefiniert_compressed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>museum-fuenf-kontinente_fassade-benutzerdefiniert_compressed</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-12-10T15:27:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2022/08/17/early-exhibitions-of-the-collections-of-aurel-stein-part-5-1922-indian-and-persian-paintings-british-museum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/309682001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>309682001</image:title><image:caption>1919,0101,0.6. The British Museum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/steinpainting103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>steinpainting103</image:title><image:caption>Vajrapāṇi, 1919,0101,0.103. © The Trustees of the British Museum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1613151509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1613151509</image:title><image:caption>Laurence Binyon at the British Museum.
© The Trustees of the British Museum</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-08-17T20:06:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2022/06/09/nara-to-norwich-online-exhibition/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/exhibits.jpg</image:loc><image:title>exhibits</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/website.jpg</image:loc><image:title>website</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-14T07:50:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2021/10/06/early-exhibitions-of-the-collections-of-aurel-stein-part-4-1918-royal-geographical-society-london/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/niyafootbridge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>NiyaFootbridge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/photo392_28_950.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo392_28_950</image:title><image:caption>Stein travelling on a skin raft in the gorge of Bartang River, Roshan, above Padrun. The British Library Photo 392/28(950).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/photo392_29_388.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo392_29_388</image:title><image:caption>Headmen  of uppermost Roshan balley at Saunab (Tashkurghan). The British Library, Photo 392/29(388).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/photo392_29_58.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo392_29_58</image:title><image:caption>Sand-buried ruin of house (N.III) of 3rd century A.D., Niya site, before excavation. The British Library Photo 392/29(58).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/photo392_29_58_mod.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_3740.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3740</image:title><image:caption>Plan of the RGS at Lowther House in 1913 showing Photogaph Room on top right (SE corner).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-10-06T08:59:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2020/07/07/early-exhibitions-of-the-collections-of-aurel-stein-part-3-1914-king-edward-vii-galleries/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2020-07-06-at-09.21.02.png</image:loc><image:title>Edward VII Galleries under construction</image:title><image:caption>Edward VII Galleries under construction. Watercolour made in 1910 by Frank Lishman.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/stein1914gallery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stein1914gallery</image:title><image:caption>Stein Photo 28/7(3)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/stein1914cat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stein1914cat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/stein1914gallery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stein1914gallery</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/stein1914cat2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stein1914cat2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/stein1914gallery2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stein 1914</image:title><image:caption>View of the Stein exhibition in the King Edward VII Gallery, 1914.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bm_archive_king_edward_viis_galleries__north_wing_1914.2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BM_Archive_King_Edward_VII's_Galleries_~_North_Wing_(1914).2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-09-22T09:53:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2021/04/16/selenium-and-horses-in-china-a-missing-link/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/hanhorsejpg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HanHorsejpg</image:title><image:caption>One of the horse statues from the tomb of the Han general, Huo Qubing (140–117 BC). His renowned defeat of the Xiongnu in 119 BC is commemorated by the inclusion of a Xiongnu warrior being trampled underfoot. Xingping, China.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/taizonghorse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>C396</image:title><image:caption>Quanmaogua (拳毛騧), one of the six battle horses of the Tang emperor, Taizong. Penn Museum C396. Purchased from C. T. Loo; Subscription of Eldridge R. Johnson, 1920. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/screenshot-2021-03-31-at-16.48.01-1.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2021-03-31 at 16.48.01</image:title><image:caption>Diagram showing selenium across the territory of present-day China which includes much land previously ruled by Turks, Mongols and others. The pale area in the centre represents the heartland of many of the regimes that ruled China from Chang'an, present-day Xi'an. 
Map from Sun et al. 2016.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/screenshot-2021-03-31-at-09.38.03.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2021-03-31 at 09.38.03</image:title><image:caption>Syptoms of selenium deficiency— thanks to Innovetpet. https://www.innovetpet.com/blogs/horses/selenium-deficiency-in-horses</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-09-28T13:26:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2021/03/01/aurel-stein-at-dunhuang/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/screenshot-2021-03-01-at-10.22.19.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2021-03-01 at 10.22.19</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/photo392_26_323.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo392_26_323</image:title><image:caption>The Mogao rock-cut temple complex near Dunhuang in 1907 during Stein's visit. The British Library, Photo 392/26(323).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bundles392_27_589.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bundles392_27_589</image:title><image:caption>Images showing a group of what Stein called 'regular' bundles from the Library Cave, consisting of Chinese scrolls held mainly in hemp wrappers. The British Library, Photo 392/27(589).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/rdcfig186.jpg</image:loc><image:title>RDCFig186</image:title><image:caption>Print made by Aurel Stein to reproduce the double exposed image. He draw the bundles of manuscripts and benches onto the negative of empty cave 16. Reproduced in The Ruins of Desert Cathay, Fig. 188. The British Library, Photo 392/57.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cave16empty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cave16Empty</image:title><image:caption>Stein's photograph of Cave 16 at Dunhuang Mogao, with the entrance to Cave 17 (the Library Cave) on the right. June 1907. The British Library, Photo 392/57.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/steincave16doubleex.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SteinCave16DoubleEx</image:title><image:caption>Double exposed photograph taken by Aurel Stein at Dunhuang Moago showing an image of the Khotanese queen and family in Cave 61 superimposed on an image of the corridor of Cave 16 piled with manuscripts removed from Cave 17 (entrance to the right). The British Library, Photo 392/57.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/wangdaoshi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WangDaoshi</image:title><image:caption>Wang Yuanlu, guardian of the Dunhuang Mogao rock-cut temples, at the monk's quarters opposite Cave 16. Dunhuang Mogao, 11 June 1907. The British Library, Photo 392/26(327).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jiangsiye.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JiangSiye</image:title><image:caption>Jiang Siye, Stein's secretary, sorting through Chinese material  at the end of the second expedition. Khotan, 31 July 1908. The British Library, Photo 392/26(831).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/metarticle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Metarticle</image:title><image:caption>Article on a Buddhist banner, probably from Dunhuang, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Metropolitan Museum Journal, 55, 8–25).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-01T18:03:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2021/01/28/unesco-and-the-silk-road-the-role-of-japan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/silk-roads-map-unesco_japan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Silk Roads Map UNESCO_Japan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/screenshot-2021-01-20-at-20.08.44.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2021-01-20 at 20.08.44</image:title><image:caption>Nara is still presented in Japanese narratives as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road. This from a Nara city site.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/silk-roads-map-unesco_3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Silk Roads Map UNESCO_3</image:title><image:caption>A map published online in January 2021 by UNESCO for their Silk Road photograph contest shows Japan and Korea as beyond the main 'Silk Roads'.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/hirayama-2-450.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hirayama</image:title><image:caption>Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, and Mr Ikuo Hirayama, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, during the Annual Meeting of Goodwill Ambassadors in February 2002.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-14T20:49:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2020/08/27/a-trio-of-mismatched-camels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screenshot-2020-08-26-at-21.01.36.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2020-08-26 at 21.01.36</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/screenshot-2020-08-26-at-15.45.55.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2020-08-26 at 15.45.55</image:title><image:caption>Drawing by Elijah Walton showing the proportions of a dromedary. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/peek-bros-winch-v2c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Peek Bros &amp; Winch (V2c)</image:title><image:caption>Bill from 1921 showing the three camel bill-head.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/albert_memorial.the_sculptural_composition_africa._-_panoramio.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Albert_Memorial.The_sculptural_composition_Africa._-_panoramio</image:title><image:caption>Natalia Semenova / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/camel10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>camel10</image:title><image:caption>Freize at Peeks Hose. Photograph from Bob Speel's blog post (http://www.speel.me.uk/gp/camels.htm). </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/grocers.gif</image:loc><image:title>Grocer's Company</image:title><image:caption>Display of Arms of the Grocers' Company with a crest of a bridled camel laden with two bags of pepper.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-27T08:27:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2020/07/26/routes-from-the-swat-buddhism-in-khotan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2020-07-25-at-21.06.58.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2020-07-25 at 21.06.58</image:title><image:caption>Google Earth Map with overlay of Buddhist sites noted by Stein, from the Digital Silk Road Project Stein Placename Database (http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/digital-maps/stein/place-names/).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/steinkhotanmap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Steinkhotanmap</image:title><image:caption>Map showing the Khotan oasis surveyed by Aurel Stein, Ram Singh and drawn by ASI. The old city of Yotkan is indicated by the lighter green circle between the rivers. Archaeological sites and Stein's routes are shown in red. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/seaofsand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SeaofSand</image:title><image:caption>The Taklamakan, a 'sea of sand'. In the foreground are skeletal remains of farmsteads from the 1st-4th century kingdom of Cadota. They would have been surrounded by orchards and linked by poplar lined canals and lanes.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/rawak.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rawak</image:title><image:caption>Rawak stupa in Khotan. October 2008. Photograph by John Falconer.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/abbasehed-china.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Abbasaheb-China I site, Swat</image:title><image:caption>Stupa and monastic complex at Abbasaheb-china I, October 2019. Photograph by John Falconer.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/screenshot-2020-07-23-at-10.05.25.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2020-07-23 at 10.05.25</image:title><image:caption>The Buddhist landscape of Birkot/Barikot in the Swat Valley. Courtesy Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan - ISMEO, elaborated by Emanuele Morigi, further annotations by Luca M. Olivieri and Susan Whitfield.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-26T13:42:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2019/04/24/lost-in-the-desert-stein-at-dura-europos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/firstexpedition_html_mff2e984.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FirstExpedition_html_mff2e984</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-06T21:12:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2019/10/03/new-book-silk-roads-peoples-cultures-landscapes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/silkroads-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SilkRoads</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screenshot-2019-09-26-at-20.38.40.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2019-09-26 at 20.38.40</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screenshot-2019-09-26-at-20.28.47.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2019-09-26 at 20.28.47</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screenshot-2019-09-26-at-20.28.26.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot 2019-09-26 at 20.28.26</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/silkroads.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SilkRoads</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-10-01T07:31:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2019/09/28/the-rectification-of-names-caves-grottos-or-rock-cut-temples/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cave_26_ajanta.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cave_26_Ajanta</image:title><image:caption>Ajanta, Rock-cut temple 26. Dey Sandip.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-27T06:50:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2019/04/01/early-exhibitions-of-the-collections-of-aurel-stein-part-2-1911-the-festival-of-empire/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cat65.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cat65</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cat62.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cat62</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cat54small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cat54small</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cat17small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cat17small</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cat17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cat17</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tenkings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tenkings</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/indian-pavilion-festival-of-empire-exhibition-ppc-1911-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian-Pavilion-Festival-Of-Empire-Exhibition-PPC-1911</image:title><image:caption>Contemporary postcard showing the Indian Pavilion.&lt;br&gt;(See this &lt;a href="https://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2006"&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; for more postcards)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/festival_of_empire_1911_map-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival_of_Empire_1911_Map</image:title><image:caption>Map of the Festival of Empire site. The Indian Pavilion is to the right of  the bandstand in the centre. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/indian-pavilion-festival-of-empire-exhibition-ppc-1911.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian-Pavilion-Festival-Of-Empire-Exhibition-PPC-1911</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/indiafestival.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IndiaFestival</image:title><image:caption>The catalogue produced for the Indian pavilion.&lt;br&gt;Copy held in the British Library (ORW.1986.a.2170).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-08-05T10:14:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2019/04/11/silk-road-summer-school/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-11T18:26:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2017/09/01/exhibitions-of-stein-collections-1910/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/buddhaslife.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BuddhasLife</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1910exhplan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1910exhplan</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-27T11:25:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2018/06/18/slaves-on-the-silk-road/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sogdian_slave_contract.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sogdian_Slave_Contract</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/girloncamel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>GirlonCamel</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-06-20T15:48:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2018/03/09/the-mozac-hunter-silk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/staustremoine_casket.jpg</image:loc><image:title>StAustremoine_casket</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/france-abbey.jpg</image:loc><image:title>France-Abbey</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-05-25T10:15:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2017/12/28/amluk-dara-stupa/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/9780520281783tn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780520281783tn</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/luca_swatstupa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amluk Data Stupa</image:title><image:caption>ACT/Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ch4_fig3_15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amluk Data Stupa in 1926.</image:title><image:caption>Photographed by Aurel Stein. The British Library Photo 392/30(129).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amluk_dara2jpg3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amluk Dara stupa under recent excavation.</image:title><image:caption>ACT/Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ch4_fig2_14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amluk Dara stupa.</image:title><image:caption>ACT/Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ch4_fig1_13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CH4_FIG1_13</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-12-25T17:05:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/2017/09/26/feeble-silkworms-and-flightless-moths/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mothscompare1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mothscompare</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mothscompare.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mothscompare</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mandarina-vs-mori.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mandarina-vs-mori</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bombyx_mori_silkworm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bombyx_mori_silkworm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/bmansilkworms.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bmansilkworms</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a2bombyx_mandarina.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A2Bombyx_mandarina</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-09-26T08:24:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://silkroaddigressions.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-02-04T05:21:39+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
