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Miran is an ancient oasis town located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It lies on the famous trade route known as the Silk Road where the Lop Nur desert meets the Altun Shan mountains. Two thousand years ago a river flowed down from the mountain and Miran had a sophisticated irrigation system. Now the area is a sparsely inhabited dusty spot with poor roads and minimal transportation.〔 Archaeological excavations since the early 20th century have uncovered an extensive Buddhist monastic site that existed between the 2nd to 5th centuries AD, as well as Miran fort which was a Tibetan settlement during the 8th and 9th centuries AD. ==Names== Lionel Giles has recorded the following names for Miran (with his Wade-Giles forms of the Chinese names converted to pinyin): :"''Yuni'', old capital of Loulan (Han ) :"Old Eastern Town" ; "Little Shanshan" (Han ) :Qitun Cheng ; Tun Cheng () :Mirān (name ).〔Giles (1930-1932), p. 845.〕 During the period of Tibetan occupation (mid-8th to mid-9th centuries), the area was known as Nop Chungu (''nob chu ngu'').〔Thomas, F.W. (1951). ''Tibetan Literary Texts and Documents, Volume II.'' London: Royal Asiatic Society. pp119–166.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miran (Xinjiang)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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