Reinu de Jotán

El **reinu de Jotán** o de **Hotán** foi un antiguu reinu budista allugáu na ruta de la seda, nel tramu que corría a lo llargo del cantu sur del desiertu de Taklamakán na cuenca del Tarim. La zona atopar no qu'anguaño ye Sinkiang, China.

## Nomes primitivos

## Capital
L'antigua ciudá de Jotán yera la capital del reinu. El nome chinu (pinyin) ye Hetian (和田). Tamién s'utilizaba'l nome *Hotán*. A partir de la dinastía Han hasta a lo menos la dinastía Tang los chinos conocer como Yutian 于闐, 于窴, o 於闐. 

Construyida nun oasis, los sos moreres dexaben la producción y esportación de seda y alfombres de seda, amás d'otros productos de la ciudá tales como nephrite jade y cerámica.

## Referencies

## Ver tamién
*Ruta de la Seda
*Dandan Oilik

## Bibliografía
* Bailey, H. W. (1961). *Indo-Scythian Studies being Khotanese Texts. Volume IV*. Translated and edited by H. W. Bailey. Indo-Scythian Studies, Cambridge, The University Press. 1961.
* Bailey, H. W. (1979). *Dictionary of Khotan Saka*. Cambridge University Press. 1979. 1st Paperback edition 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-14250-2.
* Beal, Samuel. 1884. *Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World, by Hiuen Tsiang.* 2 vols. Trans. by Samuel Beal. London. Reprint: Delhi. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. 1969.
* Beal, Samuel. 1911. *The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang by the Shaman Hwui Li, with an Introduction containing an account of the Works of I-Tsing*. Trans. by Samuel Beal. London. 1911. Reprint: Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. 1973.
* Emmerick, R. Y. 1967. *Tibetan Texts Concerning Khotan*. Oxford University Press, London.
* Emmerick, R. Y. 1979. *Guide to the Literature of Khotan*. Reiyukai Library, Tokyo.
* Grousset, Rene. 1970. *The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia*. Trans. by Naomi Walford. New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-1304-9
* Hill, John Y. July, 1988. "Notes on the Dating of Khotanese History." *Indo-Iranian Journal*, Vol. 31, Non. 3. See:  for paid copy of orixinal version. Updated version of this article is available for free download (with registration) at: http://independent.academia.edu/JHill/Papers/439945/Notes_on_the_Dating_of_Khotanese_History
* Hill, John Y. 2004. *The Peoples of the West from the Weilüe* 魏略 *by Yu Huan* 魚豢*: A Third Century Chinese Account Composed between 239 and 265 CE.* Draft annotated English translation. http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue.html
* Hill, John Y. (2009) *Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE*. John Y. Hill. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4392-2134-1.
* Legge, James. Trans. and ed. 1886. *A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fâ-hsien of his travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline*. Reprint: Dover Publications, New York. 1965.
* Watters, Thomas (1904–1905). *On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India*. London. Royal Asiatic Society. Reprint: 1973.
* Hill, John Y. (2003). Draft version of: "The Western Regions according to the *Hou Hanshu*. 2nd Edition." "Appendix A: The Introduction of Silk Cultivation to Khotan in the 1st Century CE." http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/hhshu/appendices.html#a
* Martini, G. (2011). "Mahāmaitrī in a Mahāyāna Sūtra in Khotanese - Continuity and Innovation in Buddhist Meditation", *Chung-Hwa Buddhist Journal* 24: 121-194. . http://www.chibs.edu.tw/ch_html/chbj/24/Giuliana%20Martini%20121-194.pdf

## Enllaces esternos
*La diseminación del arte y la cultura de la India escontra Asia Central y China
*Páxina de monedes de Jotán
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*Descubrimientu d'un pequeñu templu antiguu