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MIK TA 4119

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Manuscript/Painting from German Central Asian Expedition.

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Yarkhoto

Institution

Museum of Asian Art

Date

undated

Provenance

Grünwedel 1905-07

Find site identifier

Yar.

Stein site number

Yar.

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Approximately four miles west of Turfan on the northern arm of the Silk Road, Yarkhoto is known in Chinese as Jiaohe, which is referred to in the Chinese Annals as the ruined capital of the Anterior Jushi Kingdom, or Turfan. See Serindia map no. 54, D. 1; Innermost Asia, Vol. IV Maps, Pl. 35.

Short description : Yarkhoto: Ruined site of ancient capital of Turfan

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