$ 0 0 Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. From: Sino-Platonic PapersNo 257 May 2105The Terminology for Carpets in Ancient Central Asia byZHANG HeWilliam Paterson University This study seeks to gather and clarify the terminology for carpets used by peoples of Central Asia from about 300 BCE to 1000 CE time, including terms in Kharoṣṭhi, Khotanese, Sanskrit and its relatives, plus Persian, Sogdian, Chinese, and Turkic.