A Buddhist Saka oasis kingdom on the southern Tarim Basin silk road, a major center of Buddhism and jade/silk trade for over a millennium, conquered by the Muslim Kara-Khanid Khanate in 1006 during the Islamization of Xinjiang.
Conquered by the Muslim Kara-Khanid Khanate in 1006 after a long war, ending Buddhist Khotan.
Covers the Tarim Basin oasis kingdoms (Khotan, Kucha, Kashgar) as durable through-lines of the Silk Road political landscape.