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Sir Aurel Stein has frequently referred to this site.³ ‘To the southeast of its main oasis, at the foot of a barren dune-covered hill-chain, there lies the sacred site the ‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas.’ Buddhist piety from about the fourth century A.D. onwards has here honey-combed the rock walls of a true thebais with hundreds of cave-shrines, still objects of worship.’⁴ Their decoration with frescoes and stucco sculptures is very rich. In other respects also they would resemble the famous caves at Ajanta, Elora, and other places.