Introduction KHOTAN (Hotan), a town (lat 37°06′ N, long 79°56′ E) and major oasis of the southern Tarim Basin in…

KERIYA (Chin. name Yutian), city and county in the southern Tarim basin in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China (see…

KHOTAN i. Geography Located between the northern foot of the Kunlun mountains and the edge of the Taklamakan desert (Figure…

KERIYA (Chin. name Yutian), city and county in the southern Tarim basin in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.  The…

TAKLAMAKAN (Uighur toponym probably derived from the Arabic tark, ‘out, relinquish,’ and makan, ‘place’), the largest desert in China, and…

AKSU, an important urban oasis on the Silk Road where Buddhism flourished during antiquity. The trade route provided Buddhism (Great…