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Authors: Valerie Hansen
CHAPTER 7 Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam
Khotan
Conclusion
The History of the Overland Routes through Central Asia
Notes
Art Credits
Index
page 144
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 At the Crossroads of Central Asia
The Kingdom of Kroraina
CHAPTER 2 Gateway to the Languages of the Silk Road
Kucha and the Caves of Kizil
CHAPTER 3 Midway Between China and Iran
Turfan
CHAPTER 4 Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road Traders
Samarkand and Sogdiana
CHAPTER 5 The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road
Historic Chang’an, Modern-day Xi’an
CHAPTER 6 The Time Capsule of Silk Road History
The Dunhuang Caves
CHAPTER 7 Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam
Khotan
The History of the Overland Routes through Central Asia
Notes
Art Credits
Index
page 144