樓蘭

Krorän or Kroraina was an ancient kingdom founded in the second century BC on the north-eastern edge of the Lop Desert in the Tarim Basin, modern-day Xinjiang in Northwest China. Its name in its native language Uyghur being Kroran, which is rendered in Chinese as "樓蘭", romanized as Loulan.

History

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  A carved wooden beam from Loulan, 3-4th century CE. The patterns show influences from ancient western civilizations.
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  Sichuan brocade textile fragment from Loulan.
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  Wooden Kharosthi document found at Loulan by Aurel Stein (L.A. VI ii 0234)

Maps

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  Map of the Lop Nur region, Xinjiang, China mainly after A. Herrmann by Folke Bergman 1935. Translations: Ruiner=ruin. Gammalt vakttorn=watch-tower of the Great Wall of China. Grovar=grave. Bulak=well. Ördeks nekropol=cemetery founded by Ördek; new name: Xiaohe Tombs. Nya Lop-nor=Lop Nur sea in the time 1921 – 1971.
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  Map of eastern Xinjiang with prehistoric sites and the courses of the Silk Roads by Folke Bergman 1939.