Waxxari

Waxxari is an oasis west of Ruoqiang, on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. The ruins of an ancient settlement here contain workshops and the remains of furnaces, evidence of crafts practised in the kingdom of Loulan or Shanshan. Among the finds are vessels of coarse glass. The site stands on the chain of settlements that once linked the southeastern Tarim Basin with the road west toward Charchan.