Meaning of Charchan | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Hsüan-tsang, following the same route more than a century later, mentions in a position exactly corresponding to Charchan “the old kingdom of Chê-mo-tʻo-na which is the territory of Chü-mo.” He saw⟳ there the walls of an old town still standing, but there were no longer any inhabitants. Yet when Chinese rule⟳ had been re-established soon after his passage, Charchan or Chü-mo figures once more in the Tʻang dynasty’s Annals as a place⟳ duly garrisoned. In Marco Polo’s description of the ‘Province of Charchan,’ fully verified on other points, we read⟳ of “numerous towns and villages, and the chief city of the Kingdom bears its name⟳, Charchan.””

“The flights from Charchan are on an 18-seat Twin Otter, which flies to Korla and on to Ürümqi on Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun mornings.”

“These buses stop⟳ at the oasis towns of Keriya (Yutian; 177km/110 miles; 3 hr.; ¥25), Niya (Minfeng; 294km/182 miles; 5 hr.; ¥55), and Charchan (Qiemo; 603km/374 miles; 8-10 hr.; ¥105-¥147).”

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