{"product_id":"0826853090513","title":"BLOWOUT COMB","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kashgar, Yarkant County, Turpan, Hotan, Karasahr, Dunhuang, Mogao Caves, Tashkurgan Town, Kucha, Aksu, Xinjiang, Loulan Kingdom, Keriya Town, Hadda, Afghanistan, Minfeng Town, Kizil Caves, Ahin Posh, Subashi, Chandrashala, Niya. Excerpt: Kashgar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kashgar is said to mean variegated houses. The modern Chinese name is (Kshí), a shortened form of the longer and less-frequently used (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Kshígér). Ptolemy (90-168 CE), in his Geography, Chapter 15.3A, refers to Kashgar as Kasia. An early Chinese name was (now Shule County), variously romanized as Su-leh, Sulei, Shule, Shu-le', She-le, Shu-lo or Sha-le, which perhaps represents either an original Solek or Sorak. Alternate historical Romanizations for \"Kashgar\" include Cascar and Cashgar . The earliest mention of Kashgar occurs when the Chinese Han Dynasty envoy traveled the Northern Silk Road to explore lands to the west. Another early mention of Kashgar is during the Former Han (also known as the Western Han Dynasty), when the Chinese conquered the Xiongnu, Yutian (Khotan), Sulei (Kashgar), and a group of states in the Tarim basin almost up to the foot of the Tian Shan mountains. This happened in 76 BC. Ptolemy speaks of Scythia beyond the Imaus, which is in a Kasia Regio, probably exhibiting the name from which Kashgar and Kashgaria (often applied to the district) are formed. The countrys people practised Zoroastrianism and Buddhism before the coming of Islam. In the Hanshu (Book of the Former Han), which covers the period between 125 BC and 23 AD, it is recorded that there were 1,510 households, 18,647 people and 2,000 persons able to bear arms. By the time covered by the Hou Hanshu (roughly 25 to 170), it had grow... More: http:\/\/booksllc.net\/?id=87602\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47089731305712,"sku":"0826853090513","price":33.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0826853090513_p0.jpg?v=1763528432","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0826853090513","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}