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.
Loulan
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Loulan, also known by its indigenous name Kroraina or Kroran, was an ancient Tocharian kingdom in the Tarim Basin, today consumed by the Lop Desert. Based around what was at the time an important oasi
Shanshan
…the great, but now mostly dry, salt lake known as Lop Nur. The kingdom was originally an independent city-state, known in local Gandhari documents as Kroraïna (Krorayina, Kröran) – which is commonly rendered in Chinese as Loulan. The Western Han dynasty took direct control of the kingdom some time after 77…
A carved wooden beam from Loulan in the British Museum, 3rd–4th century. The patterns show influences from ancient western civilizations.
Oxhide boots from Loulan. Former Han dynasty 220 BCE-8 CE.