 Rawak Stupa from above southwest wall. November 2008. | |
  Location of Rawak Stupa | |
| Location |  China |
|---|---|
| Region | Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang |
| Coordinates | 37°20′46″N 80°09′49″E / 37.3460°N 80.1635°E |
Rawak (Chinese: 热瓦克佛寺遗址) is a Buddhist stupa located on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China, along the famous trade route known as the Silk Road in the first millennium Kingdom of Khotan. Around the stupa there are other smaller structures which were originally decorated with a large number of colossal statues. The courtyard of the temple was surrounded by a wall, which contained terracotta relieves and some wall-paintings. The stupa and other structures form a three-dimensional mandala.[1] The site is now about 40 km north of the modern city of Hotan (Chinese: 和田) in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China.
- ^ Martinson, Fred (2010). "Stein and Trinkler on the Rawak Vihara: A Mandala style moves east". Ancient Sites on the Silk Road: 125–131.