Niya - Niya (English spelling)

Japanese: ニヤ - にや(英語表記)Niya
Niya - Niya (English spelling)

The remains of an ancient settlement on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It is located about 120 km north of Minfeng County, about 320 km east of Hotan, through the Taklimakan Desert. It was first excavated in 1901 by British M. A. Stein, and three excavations were conducted in 1906 and 1914, resulting in the discovery of nearly 800 Kharoshti documents. The deciphering of these documents is shedding light on the lives of ordinary people in the ancient Loulan Kingdom. The ruins are located at the end of the Niya River, which flows out of the Kunlun Mountains, and the settlements are scattered over an area of ​​about 7 km east to west and 20 km north to south. In 1980, the NHK Japan-China joint reporting team visited the ruins and filmed and aired the current situation.

[Kazutoshi Nagasawa]

"Silk Road, Volume 4: The Road of Quicksand" by Kazutoshi Nagasawa et al. (1980, Japan Broadcasting Publishing Association)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国、新疆(しんきょう)ウイグル自治区タリム盆地南縁にある古代の集落跡。ホータンの東方約320キロメートルにある民豊県から、タクリマカン砂漠の中を120キロメートルほど北上した地点にある。イギリスのM・A・スタインにより、1901年に初めて発掘され、以後1906年、1914年と三次にわたり発掘調査が行われ、総数800点近いカローシュティー文書(もんじょ)が発見された。この文書の解読により、古代楼蘭(ろうらん)王国の庶民生活が明らかにされつつある。この遺跡は崑崙(こんろん)山脈から流出するニヤ川の末端にあって、東西約7キロメートル、南北20キロメートルにわたって散在する集落である。1980年(昭和55)NHK日中共同取材班はこの遺跡を訪れ、現状を撮影、放映した。

[長澤和俊]

『長澤和俊他著『シルクロード 第四巻 流砂の道』(1980・日本放送出版協会)』

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