Recent discoveries have greatly increased understanding of the co-called ‘Sino- Kharoṣṭhī’ coinage of the early kings of Khotan. They confirm the chronology of the coinage in the 1st to early 2nd centuries CE, and show the framework of their internal chronology and of Khotan’s monetary system. The coins show strong links between Khotan and the territory ruled by the first four Kushan kings in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir and India. The cultural, economic and administrative contexts of the coins throw some light on why they were issued, but, as they are the only concrete evidence for Khotan at this period apart from the fragmentary commentaries in the Chinese and Tibetan chronicles written centuries later, many questions remain unanswered.

最近的发现大大增加了对和阗早期国王所谓的“Sino-Kharosṭhī”铸币的理解。它们确认了公元1 世纪至 2 世纪初的造币年代，并展示了其内部年代和于阗货币体系的框架。这些硬币显示了于阗与阿富汗、巴基斯坦、克什米尔和印度的前四位贵霜国王统治的领土之间的密切联系。这些钱币的文化、经济和行政背景使人们对发行这些钱币的原因有所了解，但是，除了几个世纪后汉藏编年史中的零星评论之外，它们是这一时期关于于阗的唯一具体证据，许多问题仍然没有答案。