Lou-lan

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Lou-lan is an ancient Silk Road kingdom and archaeological site located near the former shoreline of Lop Nur in what is now Xinjiang, China.

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Lou-lan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Silk Road site
ancient kingdom
archaeological site
abandonedDueTo desertification
desiccation of Lop Nur
controlledBy Han dynasty
Later Han dynasty
Xiongnu
discoveredBy Sven Hedin
economyBasedOn caravan trade
oasis agriculture
excavatedBy Aurel Stein
Sven Hedin
excavatedInYear 1900
1906
flourishedInCentury 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century BCE
2nd century CE
hasAlternativeName Kroraina
Lou-lan Kingdom
Loulan
hasArchaeologicalFind Buddhist texts
Chinese documents
Kharosthi documents
documents on wooden slips
mummies
textiles
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Central Asian cultures
Chinese culture
Indian Buddhism
hasLanguageEvidence Chinese
Prakrit
locatedIn China
Xinjiang
locatedNear Lop Nur
locatedOn Silk Road
linked to: Northern Silk Road
locatedOnRoute northern Silk Road
linked to: Northern Silk Road

route between Dunhuang and Korla
mentionedIn Hanshu
Hou Hanshu
modernAdministrativeRegion Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
linked to: Xinjiang
modernCountry China
nearBodyOfWater former shoreline of Lop Nur
partOf Tarim Basin
Western Regions
timeOfAbandonment 4th century CE
underInfluenceOf Han dynasty
Xiongnu

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Loulan hasAlternateName Lou-lan