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Pamir Mountains

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A high mountain knot where the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun and Hindu Kush converge, known in Persian as Bam-i-Dunya, the Roof of the World. Most of it lies in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan, extending into Afghanistan, China and Kyrgyzstan. Ismoil Somoni Peak, at 7,495 m, is the highest point in Tajikistan. The Pamir is the reason the routes narrow: a handful of high passes, including the Wakhjir at about 4,920 m in the Wakhan corridor, are the only practical crossings between Central Asia and the Tarim Basin, and they close with snow. Xuanzang crossed the range on his return journey and described the cold.

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    2. A high mountain knot where the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun and Hindu Kush converge, known in Persian as Bam-i-Dunya, the Roof of the World. Most of it lies in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan, extending into Afghanistan, China and Kyrgyzstan. Ismoil Somoni Peak, at 7,495 m, is the highest point in Tajikistan. The Pamir is the reason the routes narrow: a handful of high passes, including the Wakhjir at about 4,920 m in the Wakhan corridor, are the only practical crossings between Central Asia and the Tarim Basin, and they close with snow. Xuanzang crossed the range on his return journey and described the cold.
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    4. Pamir Mountains
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    6. Kashgar
    7. Samarkand
    8. Xuanzang
    9. Xuanzang travels to India and back
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    11. Eyewitness description of the Tarim oasis kingdoms, the Pamir crossing, Central Asia and seventh-century India, compiled the year after Xuanzang's return. It records the state of Buddhist communities city by city and has been used by archaeologists to identify and locate sites.
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