Region: China · Coordinates: 37.108, 79.934 · 7 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 73 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Dou Gu wished to send Ban Chao as an envoy to Yutian, but Ban Chao said he would go with only thirty-six men. King Guangde of Yutian was powerful in the south, and the Xiongnu had sent envoys there to supervise. |
| AD 152 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | The Western Regions Chief Clerk Wang Jing was killed by the state of Yutian. |
| AD 401 | Faxian, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms | With Gongsun's support, Faxian's party goes straight southwest across the uninhabited wilderness and reaches Khotan in one month and five days |
| AD 401 | Faxian, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms | Khotan is prosperous, with tens of thousands of monks (mostly Mahayana). The king lodges Faxian's party at the Gomati Mahayana monastery: 3,000 monks ring bells for the offering and they eat in silence |
| AD 401 | Faxian, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms | Huijing, Daozheng and Huida leave first for Jiecha (Kashgar), while Faxian and the others stay three more months to watch the procession of images |
| AD 401 | Faxian, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms | From the 1st to the 14th of the fourth month the procession takes place: outside the city, four-wheeled carts over 30 chi tall are set up, and the king, barefoot, holds flowers and incense to welcome the image |
| AD 401 | Faxian, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms | A royal shrine, the New Temple, seven or eight li west of the city, was completed over 80 years and three reigns; it is 250 chi tall and decorated in gold and silver |