File:Kingdom of Khotan - Sino Kharosthi 6 Zhu coin.jpg

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English: Kingdom of Khotan. Also known as Yutian (于闐）or Hetian (和田）

Copper 6 zhu (grains) coin. Circa 1st to 3rd century CE (Han Dynasty period)

Sino-Kharosthi coin with the image of a horse surrounded by Kharosthi script and 6 zhu inscribed. These coins belonged to the Buddhist Kingdom of Khotan which was located on a branch of the Silk Road lasting from the Han to the Tang Dynasty before it was conquered and destroyed by the Muslims around the 11th century. Issues of these are very scarce.
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