Lun-t'ai

Luntai English Etymology From en cmn 輪臺//輪台//轮台 Lúntái en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Lun²-tʻai². Proper noun 1 1 en Luntai. en 1963 w:Arthur Waley The Secret History of the Mongols, and Other Pieces https://archive.org/details/secrethistoryofm0000unse/ New York w:Barnes & Noble 444490840 5929620M 37 https://archive.org/details/secrethistoryofm0000unse/page/37/ Much of his time was spent at Lun-t‘ai (‘Wheel Terrace’), about 100 miles north-west of Turfan:At Lun-t'ai everything is strange,For in ancient times this was the land of the Huns. en 1974 w:Michael Loewe The Case of Witchcraft in 91 BC Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9 https://archive.org/details/crisisconflictin0000loew/ w:George Allen & Unwin Ltd 0049510215 3091325 64 https://archive.org/details/crisisconflictin0000loew/page/64/ Robbers and thieves rose up everywhere and the roads were impassable. For the first time commissioners appointed directly by the Emperor were sent out, clothed in embroidered silk and bearing axes, to exterminate the bandits in the commanderies and the kingdoms, and only then was the danger overcome. For these reasons, in his latter days [Wu ti] abandoned the lands of Lun-t'ai and pro- claimed a decree expressing anguish and sorrow.’ en 2006 C J Peers Imperial Chinese Armes 200 BC-AD 1260 Soldiers of the Dragon: Chinese Armies 1500 BC-AD 1840 https://archive.org/details/soldiersofdragon0000peer/ w:Osprey Publishing 1-84603-098-6 64555763 78 https://archive.org/details/soldiersofdragon0000peer/page/78/ Colonies were established in fertile oases beyond the frontier, to act as supply bases for mobile operations. The first were probably set up in the late 2nd century BC, at Lun-t’ai and Ch’u-li on the southern slopes of the T’ien Shan, but the most important was at Hami, at the eastern end of the Tarim Basin.