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Khara
Khara may refer to: Places * Khara, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * Khara-Khoto, the ruins of a medieval city in western Mongolia * Khara, Pakistan, a town in Punjab, Pakistan * Khara, Nepal, a village in Nepal * Khara, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India Other uses * Khara, a List of characters in Ramayana#K, character in the ''Ramayana'' * Khara (surname), a surname and clan () in Northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan * Studio Khara, an animation studio associated with Hideaki Anno * Khara Boondi, an Indian spicy snack made of chickpeas * Kharaa, a fictional disease in the video game ''Subnautica'' See also * * Khar (other) * Khaira (other) * Kara (other) * Cara (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khara-Khoto
Khara-Khoto (; (''Khar Khot''); 'black city'), also known as Qara-Qoto, Heishuicheng or Heishui City (), is an abandoned city in the Ejin Banner of Alxa League in western Inner Mongolia, China, near the Juyan Lake Basin. Built in 1032, the city thrived under the rule of the Tangut people, Tangut-led Western Xia, Western Xia dynasty. It has been identified as the city of Etzina, which appears in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'', and Ejin Banner is named after this city. Name Khara-Khoto is known by many names, including Hēichéng ''"black castle(city)"'', Tangut language, Tangut: /*zjɨ̱r²-nja̱¹/ ''"black water"'' (transcribed into Chinese as 亦集乃 ''Yijinai''), Modern Mongolian ''Khar khot'' (Middle Mongol language: Khara Khoto, 'black city') and to Chinese as Heishui City ( Hēishuǐchéng, 'black water city'). History The city was founded in 1032 and became a thriving centre of Western Xia trade in the 11th century. There are remains of -high ramparts and -thick outer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
