Niya (Tarim Basin)

The archaeological site of the ancient city of Niya (Chinese尼雅 遗址/尼雅 遗址, Pinyin Niya Yizhi, English Niya site) is located on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin in the circle Niya (民丰县, Minfeng xian ) in the district of Hotan, in today's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous region of Xinjiang in China. Both places are written in Chinese, with different characters.

Numerous ancient archaeological artifacts from the different sites at the time of the two Han dynasties, the Wei Dynasty and Jin Dynasty were discovered here. Niya was once a major trading center at an oasis on the southern branch of the Silk Road in the southern Taklimakan Desert. In the old days here came through the caravans that transported goods from China to Central Asia.

The Hungarian- British archeology Aurel Stein has dug here successful. He discovered there among other Buddhist Kharosthi Records ( Kharosthi manuscripts ).

Since 1996, the site is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 4-41 ).

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