Murals found there depicted two important Buddhist mythological figures, Hariti and Avalokitesvara, draped in cloth with Sassanian designs on.
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Local legend suggests that one of Ashoka's sons founded the Central Asian city of Khotan, once the capital of a prominent Buddhist kingdom alongside the famous Silk Road.
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