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...Kara Khoto Objective...
...ruined city of Kara Khoto in the Gains desert was one of the expedition's objectives. The city, uninhabited now for some 400 years, is mentioned by Marco Polo as Edzina. The Fogg expedition made a map of the city and succeeded in bringing back from there some small frescos, a fine mirror of the Tang period, and several interesting fragments of broken pottery...
...baptism. When a mature Sikh youth became baptized, he added Singh (Lion) to his name-"John Jones" became "John Jones, Lion." From baptism, the youth must wear the five "K"s: 1) kes-uncut hair of the whole body; 2) kachh-short drawers, for convenience in fighting; 3) kara-iron bangle; 4) khanda-steel dagger; 5) khanga-comb (his kit for cleanliness...
...years ago King Alexander I, son of King Peter and great-grandson of Kara George (Black George) Petrovitch, founder of the dynasty, married Princess Marie of Rumania, a daughter of Queen Marie...
...year, the army turned out en masse to celebrate the first anniversary of his birthday and great were the rejoicings. Pictures of the baby Crown Prince were on sale almost everywhere; and in the same number of places people met to exclaim ". . . and he's got the regular Kara-Georgeovitch nose...