Core Readings:
The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang, by Sally Hovey Wriggins, pp. 18 to 35
Video:
YouTube: The Silk Road I - 8 of 12 - A Heat Wave Called Turfan https://youtu.be/31q8O27REo4
Recommended but not Required:
Turpan – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpan
Jiaohe Ruins, Turpan – Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaohe_ruins
For Further Reading:
Central Asian Buddhism: Turfan and the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves Central Asian Buddhism -Turfan and the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves