Toprak-Kala

Bukhara

Marcanda/AfrasiabSamarkand

Penjikent

Tashkent

Khokand

Balkh

Bamiya nHadda

Kabul

Lahore

Peshawar

GANDHA– RA Taxila

Keriya

Niya

Kashgar

Dandan-Uiliq

Cherchen

Shorchuk

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T S A I D A M

Mogao Caves Suzhou/Jiuquan

Ganzhou/Zhangye

Dunhuang/Shazhou

Yizhou/Hami

Karakhoto

H E X IC O R R I D O R

Gaochang/Kocho

Urumqi

Turfan

S O G D I A N A

Chenab

Indu

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Sutlej

Lop-Nor

TarimAnxi

C H I N E S EE M P I R E

G O B I

A L T U N S H A N

Etsin

-Gol

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NL

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Aral Sea

Lake Balkash

Merv

H I M A L A Y A

Issyk-Kul

Khotan

Syr-daria (Jaxartes)

Amu-daria(O

xus)

P AM

IR

Ili

Alma Ata

A R A BC A L I P H AT E

T I B E TA N E M P I R E

T U R K I C A N D U I G H U RE M P I R E S

Lhasa

Kuche

Kizil

YarkandMazar-tagh

Aksu

Srinagar

Endere

K R O R A I N A

G u l f o f O m a n

Gilgit

Yotkan

K H O TA N

Dunhuang/Shazhou

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Settlement(with alternative names)

River

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Ili

Koko-Nor

Lanzhou

Astana

Tarim Basin