Charkhlik

English thumb|Map including Charkhlik (CIA, 1950) thumb|ERH-CH'IANG (CHARKHLIK) (JO-CH'IANG) (1971) Etymology Borrowed from en ug چاقىلىق. Pronunciation chärkhlĭkʹ Proper noun en Ruoqiang. en 1879 N. Prejevalsky Nikolay Przhevalsky II E. Delmar Morgan From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-nor https://archive.org/details/cu31924023421856/ London w:Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 251657901 76 https://archive.org/details/cu31924023421856/page/n98/ The water used in irrigating the soil is led from the Chargalyk-daria, which flows from the neighbouring Altyn-tagh mountains, an elevated range south of Lob-nor. on en https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/207594.pdf 1920 January Explorations in the Lop Desert w:Aurel Stein w:The Geographical Review IX 1 2 On January 8, 1914, I arrived at Charkhlik (map, Fig. 1) together with three of my Indian assistants. en https://archive.org/details/loulanotherstori00inou/ 1979 w:Yasushi Inoue James T. Araki; w:Edward Seidensticker Lou-lan and Other Stories w:Kodansha International 40 https://archive.org/details/loulanotherstori00inou/page/40/ Lop Nor had disappeared, and Lou-Ian was buried in sand. Some sixty years later Charkhlik went to war against Ta Wu Ti of the Wei, who ruled much of China. Defeated by soldiers sent from Liang-chou, Charkhlik became a Wei prefecture. Thus Lop Nor and Lou-lan and Charkhlik disappeared from history within a few years of one another. en 1996 Kenneth Wimmel The Alluring Target https://archive.org/details/alluringtargetin00wimm/ Trackless Sands Press 1-879434-48-2 95-52545 33947082 8677082M 30 https://archive.org/details/alluringtargetin00wimm/page/30/ On March 9 they retreated south to Charkhlik, an oasis on the southern branch of the Silk Road, with their precious load of artifacts.