Travels Into Bokhara: Travels into Bokhara [continued] book I. General and geographical memoir on the part of Central Asia. book II. An historical sketch of the countries between India and the Caspian Sea. book III. On the commerce of Central Asia. Observations on Lieutenant Burnes's collection of Bactrian and other coins by H. H. Wilson and James PrinsepJ. Murray, 1834 - Asia, Central |
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Page 197 - ... or the route of a military expedition ; nor is it from the features of the river itself that we form such a conclusion. It is to be remembered that its banks are peopled and cultivated ; it must therefore be viewed as a navigable river, possessing great facilities for improving the extent of that navigation.
Page 279 - Should any future cause call forth the combined efforts of the Sicques to maintain the existence of empire and religion, we may see some ambitious chief led on by his genius and success, and, absorbing the power of his associates, display, from the ruins of their commonwealth, the standard of monarchy.
Page 468 - ... Macedonian spear ; and in its place a sage appears, holding a flower, and invariably having a glory round his head, proving him to be a sacred personage.* Secondly, although upon the first coins of the dynasty, we find the inscription in Greek characters (a custom which prevailed under the...
Page 196 - I saw on the river were mulberry and the white poplar ; which last is floated down in quantities from Hissar to Charjooee, and applied to purposes of housebuilding. In any increase of the tonnage on this river, the immediate resources of the neighbouring country must therefore be called into action ; but these are highly important. The nature of the build in the boats of the river requires no skill in naval architecture ; the wood is not sawed, and it does not require seasoning, so that the utmost...
Page 197 - It must therefore be viewed as a river which is navigable, and possessing great facilities for improving the extent of that navigation. This is a fact of great political and commercial importance, whether an hostile nation may turn it to the gratification of ambition, or a friendly power here seek for the extension and improvement of its trade. In either case, the Oxus presents many fair prospects, since it holds the most direct course, and connects, with the exception of a narrow desert, the nations...
Page 246 - ... than men and quadrupeds. They often attempt to walk across, and numbers of them are ensnared. The greatest silence is preserved in crossing Hindoo Koosh ; and no one speaks loud, or fires a gun, lest the reverberation cause a fall of snow. But the most singular phenomenon on Hindoo Koosh appears to be the snow-worm, which is described to resemble the silk-worm in its mature state. This insect is only found in the regions of perpetual congelation, and dies on being removed from the snow. I do...
Page 329 - The justice of this chief affords a constant theme of praise to all classes : the peasant rejoices at the absence of tyranny ; the citizen at the safety of his home and the strict municipal regulations regarding weights and measures ; the merchant at the equity of the decisions and the protection of his property, and the soldiers at the regular manner in which their arrears are discharged. A man in power can have no higher praise.
Page 469 - Bactrian monogram should decide their locality. Mr. Wilson and Schlegel, both call them Indo-Scythic; and the latter, with Colonel Tod, names the figure " Siva, with his bull, Nandi.* Mr.
Page 467 - In the first place, the reverse ceases to bear the formerly national emblem of the Bactrian horseman, with the Macedonian spear ; and in its place a sage appears, holding a flower, and invariably having a glory round his head, proving him to be a sacred personage.* Secondly, although upon the first coins of the dynasty, we find the inscription in Greek characters (a custom which...
Page 344 - ... chief is Mahommed Moorad Beg, and Meer is the title by which he is known to his subjects. At no late period the tribe was confined to the canton of Koondooz, but this chief has established a power over all the neighbouring states ; he holds Khooloom, Heibuk, Ghoree, Inderab, Talighan, and Huzrut-Imam, and is master of the valley of the Upper Oxus, and its tributary rivers. The city of Balkh has likewise been in his hands ; he contented himself with sacking it, and marching off a great part of...