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The 7 pages that link to Khotan, each with the reason it gives.

• Tarim BasinBroader topic: Its location linked southern oasis agriculture with routes across the desert.

• Silk Road transmission of BuddhismBroader topic: Khotan connected Indian Buddhist influences with communities moving along the southern Silk Road.

• FaxianBroader topic: Faxian’s route passed through this Buddhist oasis on his way west.

• Kingdom of KhotanBroader topic: The kingdom took its name and political center from this oasis city.

• Jade Gate PassRelated: The nephrite jade caravans that gave the pass its name came from here.

• Tarim Basin oasesRelated: Shows an oasis exporting its own luxury products, not just taxing caravans.

• Chinese jadeRelated: Khotan became a major source of nephrite for Chinese jade production.