Kroraina

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Kroraina was an ancient Central Asian oasis kingdom in the Tarim Basin, known from Chinese records as Shanshan and important along the Silk Road.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kroraina canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Silk Road polity ⓘ
ancient kingdom ⓘ
oasis state ⓘ
archaeologicalFinds Buddhist artifacts ⓘ
Kharosthi inscriptions ⓘ
wooden documents ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Niya ruins ⓘ
linked to: Subashi ruins
associatedWith Niya Kingdom ⓘ
borderedBy Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
capital Niya ⓘ
connectedRoutes southern Silk Road route around Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
culturalInfluence Chinese ⓘ
Indian ⓘ
Iranian ⓘ
declineReason desertification ⓘ
shifting trade routes ⓘ
economyBasedOn caravan trade ⓘ
oasis agriculture ⓘ
flourishedDuring 1st millennium CE ⓘ
Han dynasty period ⓘ
Jin dynasty period ⓘ
linked to: Jin dynasty
hasAlternativeName Shan-shan ⓘ
linked to: Shanshan

Shanshan Kingdom ⓘ
hasChineseName Shanshan ⓘ
hasTitleForRuler king ⓘ
knownAs Loulan region (broad cultural sense) ⓘ
linked to: Loulan
knownFrom Chinese historical records ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Tarim Basin ⓘ
mentionedIn Hou Hanshu ⓘ
Weilue ⓘ
partOf Silk Road ⓘ
linked to: Silk Road routes
politicalStructure monarchy ⓘ
presentLocation Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China ⓘ
linked to: Xinjiang
regionType oasis belt on southern Tarim Basin route ⓘ
religionPracticed Buddhism ⓘ
local Iranian-related cults ⓘ
strategicRole intermediary between China and Western Regions ⓘ
subordinateTo Han dynasty China (at times) ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty

Later Chinese dynasties (intermittently) ⓘ
tradeGoods horses ⓘ
jade ⓘ
silk ⓘ
spices ⓘ
usedScript Kharosthi script ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shanshan → hasAlternativeName → Kroraina ⓘ
Loulan → hasAlternateName → Kroraina ⓘ
Lou-lan → hasAlternativeName → Kroraina ⓘ