China: Panel from Dandan Oilik believed to represent the Hindu God Shiva, by Yuchi Yiseng/Visa Irasanga, 7th-8th century CE. Dandan Oilik is a deserted historical town and desert oasis in the Taklamakan Desert of Xinjiang, China. Dandan Oilik was an important (though small) centre of local Buddhism and trade on the Silk Road. Its name means 'Houses of Ivory' and has been the site of a small number of significant archeological finds. Having been abandoned hundreds of years ago, the oasis was found and lost to shifting desert sands several times.

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