Niya is a site on the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, in modern-day Xinjiang, China at which numerous Buddhist scriptures were recovered. It was located on the southern branch of the Silk Road, relatively close to Dunhuang, historically often the westernmost point of the Chinese empire.
Niya is also a city in upper Mesopotamia, in the late Bronze age kingdom of Hanigalbat.
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