Niya ruins
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The Niya ruins, is an archaeological site located about 115 km north of modern Niya Town on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin in modern-day Xinjiang, China. The ancient site was known in its native
Textile from Niya, showing influences from the East and the West.
Niya site where Aurel Stein found wooden tablets
Wooden tablet inscribed with Kharosthi characters
Shanshan
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Shanshan was a kingdom located at the north-eastern end of the Taklamakan Desert near the great, but now mostly dry, salt lake known as Lop Nur.
Loulan tomb mural, 220-420 CE. Loulan Museum
Sichuan brocade fragment uncovered in Loulan Kingdom
The Yingpan man, Xinjiang, China, 4th-5th century CE. He may have been a member of the State of Shan.