Khotan
Britishnoun
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“If the funding drops, all of that momentum will be lost,” said Khotan Harmon, senior program officer for the city of Austin.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 26, 2023
When foreign archaeologists found an ancient town, they defined it by longitude and latitude, and then tried to match its site with one of Xuanzang’s vanished cities: Khotan, Kucha, Agni.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
Samir turned back to the crowd and nodded at a straight-faced horseman, who said, “I heard about the Rogue Legion, and those guys in Khotan really hated the saddles you sold them.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Hsüan Chuang broke his return journey at Khotan in 644.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
She governed with discretion, and her armies defeated the Khitán in the north-east and also the Tibetans, who had latterly gained possession of Kucha, Khotan and Kashgar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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