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Page 156
We may now attempt an identification of the Sum - pas , who in the text are not
less prominently a subject of apprehension , both in the Gold Country and in
Khotan , than the Tibetans . In one passage 4 they seem to be connected with the
north ...
We may now attempt an identification of the Sum - pas , who in the text are not
less prominently a subject of apprehension , both in the Gold Country and in
Khotan , than the Tibetans . In one passage 4 they seem to be connected with the
north ...
Page 157
These two complementary facts suggest that the Kharoșthi Supiyas and the
Khotan Sum - pas are really designations of the Hiung - nu themselves or , at any
rate , denote some people , or the whole group of peoples , who were wont to
make ...
These two complementary facts suggest that the Kharoșthi Supiyas and the
Khotan Sum - pas are really designations of the Hiung - nu themselves or , at any
rate , denote some people , or the whole group of peoples , who were wont to
make ...
Page 158
These considerations render it possible that the Sum - pas of our text are really
Hūnas or quasi - Hūnas . But the evidence of the text itself places the matter in a
clearer light . For it speaks of Ba - dag , or Ba - bdag , Sum - pas and gives a story
...
These considerations render it possible that the Sum - pas of our text are really
Hūnas or quasi - Hūnas . But the evidence of the text itself places the matter in a
clearer light . For it speaks of Ba - dag , or Ba - bdag , Sum - pas and gives a story
...
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