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AllRefer.com - Hotan, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
 | | Hotan is connected by road with Kashi (Kashgar) and UrUmqi (Urumchi). |
 | | On the southern part of the Silk Road, Hotan was an early center for the spread of Buddhism from India into China. |
 | | It fell to the Arabs in the 8th cent., and grew wealthy on the proceeds of the caravan trade that traveled the route between China and the West. |
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