Loulan (Chinese: 樓蘭; pinyin: Lóulán < Eastern Han Chinese lo-lɑn < Old Chinese rô-rân), also known as Kroraïna (Gāndhārī: 𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨆𐨪𐨩𐨁𐨣, romanized: Krorayina) in native Gandhari documents or Krorän in later Uyghur (Uyghur: كروران), was an ancient kingdom based around an important oasis city along...