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	Antique Khotan Rugs and Carpets
		Khotan is a city in Eastern Turkestan which produced fine quality rugs in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Today, Khotan is a large agricultural area about 40 miles across and supports a population of about 1.4 million people.
		Khotan rugs have been sought after and collected for hundreds of years for their simple design and muted colors and have been featured in the home of Adolf Loos, one of the most respected architects of the 20th Century.
	www.absoluterugs.com /antique-rugs-menu/antique-oriental-area-rugs/antique-oriental-khotan-rugs.htm (253 words)

	Khotan - LoveToKnow 1911
		KHOTAN (locally Ilcht), a town and oasis of East Turkestan, on the Khotan-darya, between the N. foot of the Kuenlun and the edge of the Takla-makan desert, nearly 200 m.
		Khotan, known in Sanskrit as Kustana and in Chinese as Yu-than, Yu-tien, Kiu-sa-tan-na, and Khio-tan, is mentioned in Chinese chronicles in the 2nd century B.C. In A.D. it was conquered by the Chinese, and ever since has been generally dependent upon the Chinese empire.
		During the early centuries of the Christian era, and long before that, it was an important and flourishing place, the capital of a kingdom to which the Chinese sent embassies, and famous for its glass-wares, copper tankards and textiles.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Khotan (534 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kingdom of Khotan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kingdom of Khotan is an ancient Buddhist kingdom that was located on the branch of the Silk road that ran along the southern edge of the Taklamakan desert in the Tarim basin.
		Khotan or Hotan (Uyghur: خوتەن/Hotǝn; Chinese: 和田; pinyin:, formerly: Simplified Chinese: 和阗; Traditional Chinese: 和闐; pinyin:) is an oasis town and a prefecture in the Taklamakan desert that was part of the southern silk road.
		1006: Khotan held by the Muslim Yūsuf Qadr Khān, a brother or cousin of the Muslim ruler of Kāshgar and Balāsāghūn.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kingdom-of-Khotan (3752 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Khotan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Khotan is recently famous for the discovery of caucasoid mummies, which are evidence of long term inhabitation of the area by the Tocharians.
		The oasis of Khotan is strategically located at the junction of the southern (and most ancient) branch of the famous “Silk Route” joining China and the West with one of the main routes from India and Tibet to Central Asia and China.
		Khotan remained Buddhist until, around the year 1000, it was taken by the Karakhanid Turks of Kashgar and Buddhism was replaced by Islam.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Khotan (2047 words)

	Athena Review 3,1: Original Sources: The Buried Silk Road Cities of Khotan
		Khotan’s success, which was interdependent upon the strength of the Chinese Empire, the success of the Silk Road, and the proliferation of Buddhism, suffered great losses when all three began to decline.
		In Buddhist Khotan temples, depictions of a local rat-headed divinity were discovered that, as initially described by Hsüan-tsang, represented the story of how rats helped Khotan’s king repel a Hun invasion by destroying their horse harnesses.
		Yet the Khotan sites show how positive cultural exchange between diverse cultures is itself part of the shared background of the Silk Road region, and may serve as a kind of beacon of hope in the midst of today’s grave misunderstandings and conflicts in the mountains and deserts of Central Asia.
	www.athenapub.com /9khotan1.htm (5467 words)

	The Buddhism of Khotan
		Khotan was conquered by China in 73 CE, but as the Han dynasty became weaker over the following century, Chinese influence waned, and the influence of the Kushana empire from the west became much stronger.
		Khotan remained Buddhist until, around the year 1000, it was taken by the Karakhanid Turks of Kashgar and Buddhism was replaced by Islam.
		Khotan was on the route between North-west India and China, which was also the primary route for the Tibetans when they made their incursions into Central Asia.
	idp.bl.uk /education/buddhism/khotanese/khotanese.html (548 words)

	Khotan Rugs - Khotan Carpets
		Khotan Rugs and carpets are produced in Western China.
		Khotan or Hotan as some call it is an oasis town on the edge of the Taklamakan desert.
		Khotan Carpet third quarter 19th century Sotheby's Lot 60
	www.squidoo.com /Khotan-Rugs-Khotan-Carpets (497 words)

	Antique Khotan Rugs from East Turkestan by the Nazmiyal Collection.
		Antique Khotan rugs are outstanding among the rugs and carpets produced in East Turkestan.
		Khotans also tend to make more use of smaller elements as space-fillers, like western oriental rugs, rather than using the more open or spare spatial approach of Chinese carpets.
		At times even the motives of Khotans are of Persian or Turkoman derivation as well, and they rarely utilize pictorial compositions like rugs in China and Tibet.
	nazmiyalantiquerugs.com /all-khotan-rugs.html (182 words)

	Khotan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Khotan or Hotan (Uyghur: خوتەن/Hotǝn; Template:Zh-cp, formerly: Template:Zh-stp) (Template:Coor dm) is an oasis town in Khotan Prefecture and its capital as well, population 114,000 (2006).
		Khotan is recently famous for the discovery of caucasoid mummies, which are evidence of long term inhabitation of the area by the Tocharians.
		The oasis of Khotan is strategically located at the junction of the southern (and most ancient) branch of the famous “Silk Route” joining China and the West with one of the main routes from India and Tibet to Central Asia and China.
	buddhism.2be.net /Khotan (815 words)

	East Turkestan Oriental Rug Weaving
		Despite the ominous title for this organization, it is clear that a number of different traditions survive (and perhaps originate) from its overall direction.
		Khotan is a large agricultural area about 40 miles across and supports a population of about 1.4 million people.
		Considering that the looms are of the same massive metal construction as those in most Khotan workshops, and that the weavers' tools are exactly the same, it appears that the Chinese government has organized production down to the smallest detail, perhaps simply codifying earlier practice (Illustration 4).
	www.rugreview.com /6easturk.htm (1308 words)

	Thugra Khotan (Conan foe)
		(Conan the Barbarian I#247 (fb)-BTS) <13, 000 BC> -Thugra Khotan was the arch-wizard of Kuthchemes, Stygia.
		Khotan turned his staff into a giant serpent to hold off Conan while he did the deed, but the barbarian swiftly beheaded the snake.
		Khotan then summoned a dead fl scorpion to kill Conan, but before he could even release it, Conan hurled his sword, skewering the wizard through the chest and killing him.
	www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/thugrakh.htm (1858 words)

	Don Croner's World Wide Wanders: China \| Xinjiang \| Khotan \| Carpet Factory
		Khotan is perhaps most famous for its the silk carpets but when I visited the factory on the outskirts of town they were making only wool carpets.
		Obviously this small piece was intended as a wall hanging, a work of art, and not a carpet to be trod on; it was barely big enough to serve as a door mat.
		Marco Polo also visited Khotan, in the thirteenth century, and although he had much to say about the women of Hami—another town in Xinjiang—who were renowned for their unbridled sensuality, if not necessarily for their beauty, apparently none in Khotan caught his fancy, or at least none that he cared to write about.
	www.doncroner.com /China/Xinjiang/Khotan/Carpets/carpets.html (366 words)

	Khotan lead coin
		This coin is one of the two cast lead pieces from the British Museum reported to be found in the Khotan area.
		In 132 Khotan was attacked by Kashgar and brought again under Chinese control.
		It is from Khotan, Han Dynasty, and is made of lead.
	www.charm.ru /coins/misc/hotanleadcoin.shtml (436 words)

	15 The Qarakhanid Campaign against Khotan
		Khotan, lying to the east of the Qarakhanid stronghold in Kashgar, was a wealthy Buddhist state.
		All trade routes from Khotan, however, either passed through Kashgar to go on to either West Turkistan or the northern Tarim Basin, or they passed through Yarkand on the way to Kashgar to cross the Karakorum Mountains to Kashmir and on to the plains of India.
		Khotan was then absorbed into the Qarakhanid realm and converted once and for all to the Islamic faith.
	www.berzinarchives.com /web/en/archives/e-books/unpublished_manuscripts/historical_interaction/pt3/history_cultures_16.html (2395 words)

	Khotan Silk Filled Duvets
		'Khotan' duvets are individually hand made using the finest quality new long fibre mulberry silk, hand layered in a criss-cross pattern to make a stable layered floss.
		As 'Khotan' duvets do not need any pocket or cross-stitching there is an even coverage of silk floss throughout the duvet, eliminating 'cold spots'.
		The casing is made from 100% combed cotton satin of a quality that is compatible with the quality of the filling, and is finished with a piped edging.
	www.mandarina.co.uk /NewFiles/khotan.html (380 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Archaeology \| Smallest ancient temple discovered
		Khotan is not only the center of Central Asian Mahayana Buddhism, it is also the origination place of Mahayana Buddhism of the Central Plains.
		Khotanese Buddhist art in general and the ‘Khotan School of Painting’ in particular had great impact on Buddhist art in China.
		It was later annihilated and engrossed by Khotan.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=4,1888,0,0,1,0 (625 words)

	Tales of Kashmir by Somnath Dhar
		Brought to the place of execution on the fixed day, Zohra Khotan was placed on the scaffold where she was to be beheaded; but when the executioner lifted his sword, he found his arm held in the air by an unseen power.
		Zohra Khotan, by dint of the power of her innocence and chastity, enjoined on a wayside tree to tell her lord, when he passed that way, that she was still alive.
		But Zohra Khotan pleaded that the marriage be delayed by six months for she still hoped that her husband would return.
	www.ikashmir.net /taleskashmir/f2.html (1123 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The oasis of Khotan lies on the southern edge of the Takla Makan Desert, which forms the greater part of the Tarim Basin at the foot of the northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains.
		Along with Kucha, which was on the road along the northern edge of the Takla Makan Desert, Khotan played a major role in the transmission of Buddhism from India to China and prospered as a center of Buddhism from the fifth to the eighth century.
		Khotan has long been famous as a source of jade, and is well known for its silks and rugs.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=920 (434 words)

	China Khotan travel guide
		KHOTAN (known in Chinese as Hetian) is one of the remotest places in China, and yet for centuries it was famed throughout the country for its jade, carpets and silk.
		Even today the highlight of a visit to Khotan is seeing the factories where these materials are worked or produced, in much the same way as they always have been.
		Bleak and dusty, the town is not to everyone's taste, but unless you are heading right off the beaten track it's the most authentic Uigur town you are likely to see, and certainly worth a visit.
	www.chinastage.com /travel-guide/Khotan.html (940 words)

	Don Croner's World Wide Wanders \| China \| Xinjiang \| Khotan \| Rawak
		The celebrated Suburgan near Khotan must be the place of one of the manifestations of the New Era.
		Japanese were by far the most numerous of the foreign visitors to Khotan, she said.
		She kept apologizing for her poor English, which wasn’t all that bad, but added that she knew a young man who was going to a university in Urumqi but was home for the summer and that he spoke very good English and sometimes worked as a guide.
	www.doncroner.com /China/Xinjiang/Khotan/Rawak/rawak.html (1676 words)

	Guide to Khotan Rugs and Carpets
		There are a group of oasis towns in the Khotan (Hotan) in the southern Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang of Communist occupied China.
		Frankly we know that they were producing slip loop pile rugs in Xinjiang 2200 years before the supposed start of weaving so it seems more like a fanciful tale to sell a 6 or 7 figure carpets to the oil rich.
		It is likely that rugs and carpets were made in Xinjiang continuously for thousands of years we know that there was weaving in Khotan and Yarkand and likely in a number of other towns.
	www.persiancarpetguide.com /Oriental_Rugs/Chinese_Rugs/Khotan_Rugs/Guide_to_Khotan_Rugs.htm (494 words)

	Khotan - Definition, explanation
		Khotan or Hotan (Uyghur: خوتەن/Hotǝn; Chinese: {}; pinyin: {}, formerly: Simplified Chinese: {ṣ}; Traditional Chinese: {ṭ}; pinyin: {}) is an oasis town and a prefecture in the Taklamakan desert that was part of the southern silk road.
		Two strong rivers provided the water that made this town inhabitable in the midst of the second largest desert.
		Khotan is now famous for the discovery of caucasoid mummies, and are evidence of long term inhabitation of the area by the Tocharians.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/k/kh/khotan.php (275 words)

	Chinese Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Khotan is not only the center of Central Asian Mahayana Buddhism, it is also the origination place of Mahayana Buddhism of the Central Plains.
		Khotanese Buddhist art in general and the ‘Khotan School of Painting’ in particular had great impact on Buddhist art in China.
		It was later annihilated and engrossed by Khotan.
	www.kaogu.cn /en_kaogu/show_News.asp?id=142&key= (483 words)

	Along the Silk Road The Khotan Carpet News by SRA Co.LTD China
		The Khotan carpet has been being famous since 2000 years not only in Asia but also in Far East, Gulf and Europe.
		Long time ago, there were a man in Khotan lived with his daughter whose name was Gilam.
		Khotan also become the homeland of best quality Uyghur carpets.
	www.silkroute.cn /travel-updates620a.htm (253 words)

	KHOTAN (locally ILcm) - Online Information article about KHOTAN (locally ILcm)
		Dotted about the town are open squares, with tanks or ponds overhung by trees.
		In 1220 Khotan was destroyed by the See also:
		Khotan] in plenty, includingabundance of cotton, with See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /KHA_KRI/KHOTAN_locally_ILcm_.html (727 words)

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