CONTENTS

                Title Page

                List of Figures

                Preface

                Acknowledgements

                Introduction

                PART I        THE COUNTRIES

  I             Land and People

  II           Outline of History

  III          Civilisation

  IV          Architecture and Architectural Decoration

  V           The Sources

                PART II        CENTRAL ASIA

  VI          Khorezm

  VII        The Zarafshan Valley

  VIII       Turkmenistan

  IX          The Amu Darya Valley and Southern Tajikistan

  X           The Syr Darya and Ferghana Valleys

  XI          Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

                PART III        XINJIANG OR EASTERN TURKESTAN

  XII        History

  XIII       Urumchi, Turfan and Kucha

  XIV       Tun-huang to Kashgar

                PART IV        AFGHANISTAN

  XV        History

  XVI      The Centre and the East

  XVII     The West

  XVIII    The North

  XIX       The South

                Appendix: Aftermath of Destruction

                Bibliography

                Plate Section

                By the Same Author

                Copyright